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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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Structured customer dev – not to be missed.

The Equity Kicker

In our experience, structured customer development work is right up there amongst the most valuable things a founder can do in the early days of their startup. Once you have an idea that feels strong, it’s imperative to speak with customers about it. But good customer development is tough to do.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

ConversionXL

Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. On Sean’s GrowthHackers.com , categories include… So, essentially everything from customer development and onboarding to persuasion and social marketing fall under the umbrella of growth hacking. Conducted Customer Development.

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What is the perfect startup team?

www.quora.com

are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,). You can execute, guide, and organize all you want, but no magic potion, no differentiation & innovation. :) Vincent van Wylick • 1:26am on Friday View All 3 Comments Cannot add comment at this time.