Our partners are experienced entrepreneurs who work closely with our portfolio.  We have founded and built a range of businesses both as stand-alone startups and on the Goldman Sachs platform.  We offer a wide array of services to support our portfolio companies:

• Finance Acceleration
  Our dedicated finance and accounting team provides a range of financial services to portfolio companies at cost, including: accounts payable/expenses tracking; accounts receivable/revenue tracking; payroll; general ledger; management reporting; and annual tax and financial reporting.  In addition to relieving our companies of a time-consuming burden, this also gives us deep insight into their status and an improved ability to help them plan for the future. We have yet to meet an entrepreneur who is excited to run the accounting for his or her business.

• Mentors
  Our proprietary network of mentors and consultants work with portfolio companies on an as-needed basis, as unpaid mentors, consultants, board members, and interim executives.

• Continuous process improvement
  See our conference presentations and classes and blogs for practical advice on how to build your company.  We have invested extensive time, effort and money in identifying best practices for the disciplines necessary to grow a startup, including market research, product development, branding, legal strategy, partner and supplier relationships, PR, hiring and firing, finance, sales and marketing, and fundraising. We periodically hold private workshops for portfolio companies on these topics, led by our team and sometimes outside experts. We also suggest review our curated links on entrepreneurship in general, building an internet startup, selecting a VC, and the New York innovation community.  

• Fundraising
  We have strong relationships with later-stage venture capitalists who will be important financing partners for you in future funding rounds. We often assist in strategy, negotiation, and execution of future financing. 

• Discounted services
  We have partnered with over 20 (and growing) service providers specializing in the startup community, including providers of legal advice, development services, testing, infrastructure, public relations, and recruiting.  These companies have agreed to provide discounted services to ff portfolio companies.  Portfolio companies can also use our 5,000 square foot "fitness office" as permanent or temporary office space.

• Our entrepreneur community
  Through our proprietary online community and our periodic idea dinners, our portfolio CEOs can tap one another for answers to difficult questions. The people who know the most about building great companies are our portfolio CEOs.

• Access to leading universities
  Our portfolio companies leverage our relationships with leading universities for interns, employees, research projects, and marketing.