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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

In particular, highlight the metrics by which you measured your past activities: size of exit, number of people you managed, $ budget you were responsible for, etc. Conduct an honest self-evaluation: can you realistically raise money from institutional investors, or should you focus on high net worths/family offices?

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

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This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones.

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Finding the Return on Investment of Learning and Development Programs

ReadWriteStart

Post-coronavirus, new metrics like employee confidence, increased sales, and employee engagement levels are feeling more indicative than pre-covid metrics such as training attendance, travel for learning and development, and webinar completion. Revenue and profit are two classic indicators of a successful ROI.

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

David Teten

Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones.

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

David Teten

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs.

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8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby

Startup Professionals Musings

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones.