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

David Teten

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. 645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field. Similarly, Corsis uses benchmarking data to understand technology spend patterns.

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The General Contractor for Startups

Austin Startup

Having over the last several years been involved in teaching undergraduate entrepreneurship, mentoring or judging countless business concepts for various competitions, and also deeply immersed in longer-term advisory roles, I have come to reflect on how much a founder should be expected to learn and do on his or her own.

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