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

David Teten

A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Advantages.

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How to Raise Investment Capital - According to VC Jeff Clavier

ReadWriteStart

Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers.

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Advertisements, search engines, and social media all provide businesses with the opportunity to grow brand awareness and gain influence in the market. After I graduated from Ithaca College, I turned down a position as an investment banker because I wanted the freedom of entrepreneurship, just like my dad did. 13- Versatile.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Most importantly, we have regular meetings with later-stage VCs and enterprise clients both in the US and internationally to discuss our companies which fit their investment mandates. 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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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

Carolyn serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Carolyn Rodz co-founded a free digital platform that connects business owners with the resources they need to launch and grow. She serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Find files faster with visual search and AI auto-tagging.

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The UK’s New Generation Of Young Business Leaders

YoungUpstarts

Jamie Potter is founder of Flexciton, a company that is breaking into the new potential offered by artificial intelligence and using it at that to take a crack at the persistent problem of environment waste and emissions. Using his financial background working as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs, he launched All Shades Covered in 2016.

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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.