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

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . But we’re doing it slowly. 6) Negotiate deal.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

The Chinese Social Media Landscape diagram below from Resonance does a great job of illustrating the players in the Chinese market. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Adapt, adopt and extend is probably a better description. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

The Chinese Social Media Landscape diagram below from Resonance does a great job of illustrating the players in the Chinese market. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Adapt, adopt and extend is probably a better description. The overall culture still has a fear of failure.

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A Few Thoughts on Social Media Monitoring

Venture Chronicles

Social Media Monitoring evolved out of the explosion of non-traditional media channels developed in the last decade combined with the increased velocity of information flow as a consequence of viral information sharing. In its most pure form social media monitoring is both listening and responding to social channels.

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Maternova and the Business of Saving Lives: A Secret to Success Story

Up and Running

“It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits. 90 percent of our clients are ordering more than one product at a time, so we’re an aggregator. 90 percent of our clients are ordering more than one product at a time, so we’re an aggregator. Social media.

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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. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.