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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff.

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Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff.

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Gust

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff.

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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! RJMetrics ); technology (e.g., – OKRs for CEOs.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. AI in National Security.