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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and.

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8 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Have Failed and What They’ve Learnt

Hearpreneur

I didn't realize how important it was to understand the local culture, and I made a product that didn't do what it was supposed to. No matter how good your product is, you may need someone to convince people to buy into the idea. The essence of any partnership is being on the same page and having that shared passion for the project.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Funds which fill out the survey will get access to the detailed results of what technology their peers are using. 5) Due diligence. To measure product usage and traction over time, we use tools like Alexa , AppAnnie and Google Analytics. You can register for the survey here. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. Normally, you’d expect us to explain our product — i.e., what “professional people search 2.0” To show potential revenue streams, we listed three products: ads, listings, and subscriptions. And why is it new?