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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . We discuss below all of the different ways you can work with the investment community. (See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.)

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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

Both Sides of the Table

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Are you merging?

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Community Colleges as Incubators of Innovation

EntreWorks Consulting

Since it first launched in 2002, I’ve been a member and close partner of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). This excellent edited volume is full of insights that are relevant not only to community college staff and partners, but to community and economic development leaders as well.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. 15:00 Question from the chat: Are VCs moving to be consulting companies in some parts? 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? Not bad, hey? Both companies were in Los Angeles.

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). Quality endures.

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Startup Communities – Where to Find Them and How to Get Involved

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole. What is a startup community? Universities.

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Kenya’s Uncover raises $1M to expand skincare product enterprise across Africa

TechCrunch

Uncover was launched after incubation at Antler. We are able to deliver because women in our community have graciously provided information and tried our products, to help us formulate specifically for this market,” said Mehta. Lee is an economist turned filmmaker. How Parfait is using AI to upend the $13B custom wig industry.