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

David Teten

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Organize events in your vertical.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. So what are you waiting for?

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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

The internet is your new channel and Technology Enabled Service providers are among the few partners that actually care if you succeed (more.) 2 comments: Peter Cohen Managing Partner, SaaS Marketing Strategy Advisors. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners.

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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2

Steve Blank

While one could argue that a trade show is just another demand creation activity akin to advertising or PR, trade shows are the closest eyeball-to-eyeball contact you’re company is going to have with customers, competitors and partners. If leads from this show do not turn into orders, why are we going again next year?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). I’m sure others have, too.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

ff Venture Capital has numerous companies which have acquired or launched with blue-chip domain names, e.g., Alerts.com , Gobbler.com , Identified.com , Patents.com , Phone.com , and Plated.com. If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests.

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