Startup Funding Espresso -- Startup Investor Skills -- Managing the Portfolio
Startup Boards -- Startup Investor Skills -- Managing the Portfolio Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startup investors need to hone their skills in order to succeed over the long run. Key skills include:\xa0 Evaluating teams. Assessing products and markets. Accessing financial capital not only for the current round of funding but for later stages. Managing a portfolio of startup investments, including supporting the startup and generating exits. In managing a portfolio, you need to provide support to the startup at some level. It\u2019s best to invest in businesses that you can help, so this should be part of your investing criteria. You need to track the companies in your portfolio and keep up to date with them at least once a quarter.\xa0 At some point, you may need to help the startup generate an exit by making introductions to companies who could acquire the startup. A potential buyer will want to see the startup\u2019s organization align with its own structure.\xa0\xa0 The investor can help the startup align with the acquirer.\xa0\xa0 This process becomes the growth strategy of the startup. Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding.Let\u2019s go startup something today. ___________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: \xa0 Check out our other podcasts here: \xa0 For Investors check out: \xa0 For Startups check out: \xa0 For eGuides check out: \xa0 For upcoming Events, check out \xa0\xa0 For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .