Hitting the unknownsThe good thingsGiven the autonomy to have a free range of doing things your way
The challengesNo clear directions for job scope and role, have to carve your own deliverables
The Core team is business driven and have close to zero technical capability to guide/supervise the portfolio companies, thus resorting to a top down managerial approach using authority and fear to force the portfolio companies to somehow come up with ways to deliver the management expectations within a stipulated timeline.