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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

pexels A war chest is virtually always a competitive edge in all aspects that count, including employing key staff, public relations, marketing, and sales. When expanding their businesses, most tech startups and the subindustries that comprise the tech industry typically follow this model.

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

David Teten

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Tech stack.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Lastly, gather feedback.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. I’m very interested in additional ways to use technology to extend each of these! For example, consider public relations.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being an Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

While I wasn’t selected by one of the five TV sharks, I was able to create a partnership with a private equity group that saw my segment. It was a vast undertaking because I had over 1,000 items to sell, but I had something else going for me: a genuine and fearless fascination with technology. 14- Many reasons.