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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

We have insight on the competencies of our companies’ personnel, and who is hiring or shrinking. We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors.

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Do VC’s with “Operating Experience” Add More Value

Rob Go

Nick Beim (Gilt, The Ladders, JBoss) was a consultant and investment banker. But there is also negotiating a sale, letting go of a co-founder, switching business models, rapidly scaling or rapidly cutting costs, etc. Fred Wilson (Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare) has been a VC for almost his entire career. Go figure.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

6 – Investment Banker. I founded SilkRoll in 2015, I spent 10 years developing my style and taste in fashion while working around the world as an investment banker. I’m an architect turned entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Cheekd a mobile dating app that makes missed connections obsolete.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

Yet this same network of connected people affects who gets funded, how startup teams form, and who gets hired. . The show follows the journeys of founders sharing their experiences of what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Dave Kashen. We had this mission.

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Here’s How To Make Your Startup Irresistible To Investors

YoungUpstarts

by Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder and CMO of Syte. This causes them to become more invested in your product evolution and company success. Partner with Big Brands. Hire the Best Talent… and Borrow Their Clout! Lihi Pinto Fryman is the CMO and one of the co-founders of Syte.

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Here’s How To Make Your Startup Irresistible To Investors

YoungUpstarts

by Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder and CMO of Syte. This causes them to become more invested in your product evolution and company success. Partner with Big Brands. Hire the Best Talent… and Borrow Their Clout! Lihi Pinto Fryman is the CMO and one of the co-founders of Syte.

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