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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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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Our focus revolves around the LinkedIn lead generation by optimizing their profiles, scaling their approach and sourcing employees, therefore creating lead opportunities through a social media platform, such as LinkedIn. In addition, we also focus on a LinkedIn lead generation.

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Helpful Money Metrics to Help Monitor The Health of Your Company

Mike Michalowicz

While lots of folks get themselves needlessly worked up over five years’ worth of financial projections, an incredibly useful metric can be a company’s immediate ability to pay its bills. Debt To Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities/Total Stockholder’s Equity. Weekly Lead Generation. Conversion Rate.

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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’

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Your B2B Demand Generation Funnel: How to Create One and Mistakes to Avoid

ConversionXL

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. Cognism saw this growth by ditching the linear funnel and delivering value upfront, replacing a traditional strategy that brought them low- or no-intent leads. Stage 1: Target the right metrics for an effective long game.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

You might also be giving investors too much equity early on, as the risk is extremely high for them in the beginning stages of growing a SaaS company.”. 13 SaaS Marketing Pros Reveal Their Lead Generation Strategies. Step 8: Track your metrics. We use LivePlan’s Scoreboard feature to keep track of our own metrics.

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

ABM doesn’t stop at lead generation or new opportunities. The more brand equity you have, the easier it will be to get customers onside. Does your company clearly understand current CAC , LTV, CAC payback period, and other core growth metrics? Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do.