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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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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. While I am a big proponent of startup ingenuity, grit, sweat-equity and the success stories of our American experiment, when it comes to targeting startups as B2B clients, the cards are stacked heavily against us.

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“Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways?:” SMB Tech Talk from ArtJamz

Hunter Walker

SEO is crucial as well. But, based on our sales and the amount we we’re looking to raise, $60-$120K, it could have meant giving up over 40% equity. Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways? and Trip Advisor and we have a presence on YouTube. First, we tried investors.

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“Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways?:” SMB Tech Talk from ArtJamz

Hunter Walker

SEO is crucial as well. But, based on our sales and the amount we we’re looking to raise, $60-$120K, it could have meant giving up over 40% equity. Why give up that much equity for an amount we could raise other ways? and Trip Advisor and we have a presence on YouTube. First, we tried investors.

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Why We Shouldn’t Be In Love With Startups 

ReadWriteStart

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. No, I prefer boring businesses and established companies that are not seeking their own sweat equity for services provided.

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Top 5 Ways to ScaleUp Your StartUp

The Startup Magazine

In the 21st century, all reputable companies should be championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Search engine optimization (SEO) will help improve your visibility online, generating leads. Good SEO involves high-quality website content with effective keywords that consumers use when searching for a product or service.

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An In-Depth Guide to Technical SEO

ConversionXL

Keyword research, high-quality content, link building, on-page SEO—these tactics help you improve organic rankings. Getting your technical SEO house in order is the final piece of the puzzle in site ranking. Technical SEO is about giving your searchers a top-quality web experience.