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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 Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. Sebastian Soler, CEO of Knowledge.VC , observes, “Structured, accurate and accessible data never really existed before for the private markets, at scale. 4) Manage deal flow.

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4 Ways To Transform Your Side Gig Into Your Main Show

YoungUpstarts

At different periods in my life, I worked in a cell phone store, sold Amway products, and sold nutritional supplements. I realized that if I can sell the products and a story and recruit others, then I can sell anything. Learn how to sell anything. Those experiences weren’t always the best, but I did gain something from them.

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ShopAtPlaces.com – Replacing The Middleman In India’s Retail Scene

YoungUpstarts

The site offers three product categories – accessories, apparels and bags, and offers free shipping with plastic cards and Cash-on-Delivery (COD) as payment options. . These reasons would be the catalyst for ShopAtPlaces – to offer authentic products from places famous for them to the customers’ doorstep at the best price.

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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. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm .

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Join me at Alpha Innovation Required conference, Sep. 18-19, NYC

David Teten

Carrie Jaquith , Lazard – VP, Digital Product Manager & Head of Emerging Technology Group. billion, and 12 have been acquired for more than $6 billion in aggregate since presenting at the AIR Summit. Speakers so far include: Wendy Harrington , Nuveen – Head of Nuveen Labs?. That’s a better track record than many VCs!).

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Connecting With Customers

YoungUpstarts

To accomplish this, you sell a product or service to your customers and hopefully earn a profit on each transaction. As businesses have grown dramatically — in numbers of customers, products, services offered, and geographic markets — data and reports have increasingly become the primary tools for calibrating results and making decisions.

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