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

David Teten

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. Customer Development. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. The talk is here. It’s worth a listen. 7:54: How we used to build startups. 11:40: How the Lean Startup began. 14:06: The three pillars of Lean.