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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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The Impact Matrix | A Digital Analytics Strategic Framework

Occam's Razor

Soon, your digital analytics strategic framework that you hoped would provide a true north to the analytics strategy question looks like this …. The frameworks above cover just one dimension of the assessment (!). It is important to stress that none of these frameworks/answers exist in a vacuum.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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An Introduction To Scaled Agile Framework

YoungUpstarts

By adopting the Scaled Agile Framework, or SAFe, you can keep your business operating as efficiently and effectively as possible long term. Here’s a look at what this framework entails and how you can make the most of it for your business. How We Can Help You to Master the Scaled Agile Framework. Let’s jump in!

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How to Stop Playing “Target Market Roulette”: A new addition to the Lean toolset

Steve Blank

Lean Methodology consists of three tools designed for entrepreneurs building new ventures: The Business Model Canvas – to write down all the hypotheses about a new business; Customer Development – a process for testing those hypotheses outside the building; Agile Engineering – to rapidly build minimal viable products to test product/market fit.

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Mobile App Development: 5 Critical Steps To Help You Achieve User Adoption

YoungUpstarts

Identify gaps in your market. Where’s the gap in your market? This problem is completely avoidable by hiring a reputable app development company with a portfolio you can verify. Buildfire uses a proprietary methodology to create a framework that ensures apps are easy to create and manage. That’s basic marketing.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. Frameworks for businesses during a crisis.

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