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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. C ustomer Development – We have relationships with hundreds of large global corporations. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved.

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Austin: Airbnb “Super City” and Hotspot For Emerging Boutique STR Purveyors

Austin Startup

While it may come as a surprise to locals and visitors alike, the short-term-rental (STR) unicorn considers Austin to be one of its 24 global “super cities” : destinations that routinely generate the company’s largest revenues, and are viewed as having the strongest prospects for future growth.

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Bitesize Friday – Israeli Funding Recap

VC Cafe

The combination of companies looking for capital and investors looking for liquidity put a strain on early stage start ups but seemed to have played favourably for growth equity investments and later stage companies. An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys.

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You Are What You Measure, So Choose Your KPIs (Incentives) Wisely!

Occam's Razor

of Search Traffic vs. Share of Global Search Volume. Share of Global Search Volume: This measures % of search queries on a search engine that result in visit to your website. You use a metric like Share of Global Search Volume to incentivize the people in your company to look at the right thing and then power the right discussion.

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