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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

Both Sides of the Table

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. I remember a few years ago people (LPs mostly) used to ask me why I didn’t have any realized returns to show. 5 years ago. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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Applied Venture and the inexorable rise of value-add VC

The Equity Kicker

The other most common focus areas for platform teams are to employ talent and PR/marketing experts who give advice to portfolio companies on strategy in these areas and have relationships and discounts with pre-vetted agencies who can deliver the work. The GP-LP structure used by most funds is a brake on innovation here too.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

Well if the “why buy anything” is testing whether you’re even compatible with a VC, the “why buy me” has got to be extreme differentiation. But if you’re looking for something differentiated in your portfolio I think we’d be a great fit. So make sure you have a solid PR strategy.

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