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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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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. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers.

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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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. This is harder than it sounds.

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Transcript of Advice for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Sell Their Companies

Duct Tape Marketing

John Warrillow: They sure are, and by the way, that’s a typical fishing letter used by either a private equity group or a business broker, as flattering as it can be, it probably doesn’t mean a whole lot. John Jantsch: Of course, I cite him all the time, The Practice of Management’s probably my most popular book.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Upon closing the deal, Essilor will fully consolidate Shamir Optical while keeping the Israeli management team of Shamir Optical in place. Dapper currently partners with Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and following the acquisition its development center in Ramat Gan will become Yahoo’s development center in Israel.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. What is the hardest part of managing your finances? The possible answers are: one, need for funding, two, working capital and expense management, three, taxes, four, technology. Two, working capital and expense management.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.