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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. But, thanks to today's digital platforms and technical infrastructure, it's becoming more typical to be able to create a billion-dollar business in less than a decade. Collaboration isn't the word.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors. I recommend building a strong internal tech stack, to handle the deluge of requests for help you’ll get from companies as you scale. For negotiation with providers, consider Buyer.co. AskAnything.VC

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Startup advice you haven't heard before

Spencer Fry

It's like walking up to the investment banker or a lawyer at a party who’s wearing a light blue button up, dark slacks, and brown loafers -- just like every other investment banker I've ever met. Yes, we do review "mission critical" code, but for the most part, we don't. 6: Do your own thing.

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How to Raise Investment Capital - According to VC Jeff Clavier

ReadWriteStart

Jeff Clavier was the first tech investor I ever met; he was introduced to me years ago by some hip engineers in a bar as "one of the few cool VCs." Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

For each of these, there is a human element (non-scaleable) and the possibility of a tech layer (which any one VC will only have implemented to varying extents). I’m very interested in additional ways to use technology to extend each of these! RJMetrics ); technology (e.g., I’ve listed a few ideas below.

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

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

Hello Alice is a free, data-driven, and multichannel platform helping small business owners on their entrepreneurial journey by providing access to relevant funding networks and technical assistance tools while increasing owner success rates. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! 9:19] Is there an equity emphasis? [11:06]