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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

After the huge impact Covid had on businesses and the global economy in general, I strongly believe entrepreneurship will become the younger generation's first and most viable option rather than a forward-looking and hard-to-reach goal as it’s seen nowadays. Entrepreneurs will be able to operate virtually and have a diverse global team.

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Billion or Bust?

thebarefootvc

From my perspective it’s a great time to be investing at the post-seed stage – lots of great entrepreneurs looking for smart capital to help them accelerate growth. Last week, a chart in the Wall Street Journal listed private companies globally that have raised capital at $1 billion-plus valuations from venture capital firms.

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

David Teten

A VC can build out relations with the innovation groups at the Global 2,000, which turn into lead-gen for portfolio companies selling to the Global 2,000. Cory Bolotsky , Co-Chair of the VC Platform Global Community shares a ten-component framework to comprehensively cover a VC fund’s Platform Strategy. Customer Development.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

C ustomer Development – We have relationships with hundreds of large global corporations. Similarly, we have an ongoing program to introduce our companies to later-round VCs, and have more credibility in presenting our companies to other investors than an independent investment banker would have.

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Reclaiming The American Dream

YoungUpstarts

They see hedge-funders and investment bankers as having hijacked the American Dream from the middle class. But America is still the leader of the global economy and its future is as bright as it ever was. Our diversity gives us a huge advantage over the competition in the global economy.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

Carolyn Rodz (03:04): So I started out actually my career as an investment banker and jumped into entrepreneurship quite blindly. I then met Elizabeth along that journey and she was coming from this background with the working for the United Nations, leading their global entrepreneur council. What's your history like?

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

David Teten

Data companies more focused on later-stage companies include Avention , Bureau Van Dijk , BizQualify, Dow Jones , FactSet , Genesis , S&P Global Market Intelligence , DueDil , Core 2 Group , D&B Hoovers , InsideView , LexisNexis , Pitchbook , Preqin , PrivCo , SourceScrub , Refinitiv , and Unquote. 10) Report.