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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio. Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Tech stack. Crunchbase. Yes and here’s how.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

There are many different kinds of accelerators – private and public based accelerators, accelerators that take equity, as well as equity free accelerators. However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. Contact accelerator staff.

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Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?

David Teten

The ff Venture Capital portfolio is evidence of how much we believe this, e.g., our companies Alerts.com , Gobbler.com , Identified.com , Patents.com , Phone.com , and Plated.com. First, any branding and SEO equity you built up under the old name are jeopardized. There are three main factors to consider: Fit.

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Why You Should Give Before You Get

Both Sides of the Table

Later on he would offer to share his advice on SEO with other portfolio companies. Who cares what my equity is. He would send deals. He was eager to introduce me to his angels – a great group that I didn’t know at the time. He would offer his time to Launchpad LA companies. Jason could ask me just about anything now.