article thumbnail

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

David Teten

Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. Lastly, as a model of what’s possible, an investor can market to talent that they offer a career path throughout the firm’s portfolio. Fundraising. Celebrity Relationships.

article thumbnail

Jobzle – Rhode Island Student Entrepreneurs

Campus Entrepreneurship

Found Jobzle , a new niche job site that helps families and other ‘casual employers’ find part-time workers and interns from a labor market composed of students. Founders include some Brown University engineering students and and a computer science major at the University of Rhode Island.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

General considerations: Before you get into the nitty gritty details of choosing the location, consider the following: Where is your target market located? See Also: Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. See Also: What Is Target Marketing? We did some market research with our clients before we opened up shop.

article thumbnail

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 6: Al Milukas, and Zahra Aljabri and James Faghmous

Steve Blank

Here’s how he knew he’d finally won his father over: Probably when I got the New York City job, because he knew what a big market it was. I have friends that have done similar things and we also have some local distilleries that are popping up in Rhode Island. … It’s all the rage now. They make whiskey.

article thumbnail

MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

These innovations will make their way to commercial markets within the next 5–10 years.” As MassChallenge learned when it launched at the height of the recession in 2010, we must all take action and identify new paths to market and discover solutions that resonate with our teams and our customers. We’re here, and the game is still on.

article thumbnail

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Marketing Services. stock quotes reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. » More. Loading… Business. » More.

article thumbnail

The Double Long Weekend Run

Feld Thoughts

I did the same run (Market to Embarcadero to the Golden Gate bridge, over, and then back) but added on an extra mile on the bridge today just because I felt like it. I’m gearing up for back to back weekend marathons in October – Newport, Rhode Island on 10/16 and then St. I also had a rest day on Friday.