- negotiate group discounts with the best vendors (lawyers, accountants, cleaning services, SEO services, real estate brokers) and give every company a list of those vendors
- have regular discussion groups where companies discuss very tactical issues and share solutions.
- spend your time visiting companies.
- change the accounting so you can start caring about IRR more than just amount of money returned.
- spend lots of time networking with press & potential bizdev partners so you can make valuable intros when needed.
Things I’d do if I ran a big VC firm - cdixon’s posterous
VCs and incubators have the ability to achieve economies of scale- that’s a huge, valuable resource for a start-up.

