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thinkwart VC: Seven Lessons Learned for Startups
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All about Venture Capital. Seven Lessons Learned for Startups. Input not consensus.". Dead cats don’t bounce.". 8211; John C. I used to have this quote from a former boss hanging above my desk. A daily reminder that when deciding whether to take action, experiment, or try something new, it is usually better to take this route than to not. Take time to think.". To require that people occasionally briefly pause from the task-oriented workday (not just to provide brief respite from the pile of to-do's, but)...
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Got Touched By Wings And Horns!! | The CSPA Blog
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Connecting with the Community to Help Each Other Achieve Success in the Valley. Got Touched By Wings And Horns! September 26, 2008. If you’re an aspiring successful entrepreneur and you’re ready to take serious action to turn your startup vision into reality, @VENTURE Series 2, Show Me The Money , would have showed you the way! Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP. The number of interests on the @VENTURE Series has definitely grown since the first launch of @VENTURE Series 1 back in June. The next topic ...
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thinkwart VC: A whole bunch of seed...
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All about Venture Capital. A whole bunch of seed. By Josh Kopelman,. I woke up this morning to some interesting news. Charles River Ventures. Is now investing at the seed-stage. This is a smart reaction on their part to several market trends:. The fact that it costs less to start a software/Internet business. The fact that there are fewer large exits (both via IPO and M&A) taking place, and. I've only interacted with Charles River a few times (we were co-investors in Odeo. Is that there is not alignment ...
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thinkwart VC: The Art of Selling Your Firm
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All about Venture Capital. The Art of Selling Your Firm. Despite the markets' gyrations, 2008 was the best year for liquidity in our firm's history. In fact, our largest exit (Lefthand Networks) closed in November in the heart of the downdraft. In looking across these exits, the strong exits all had several common elements:. The old saying in venture is that companies are bought and not sold. If the acquiror knows that. Time is it's friend. You invest in companies if they demonstrate a scaling revenue mo...
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thinkwart VC: Multiples vs IRR
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All about Venture Capital. I was at a business school today helping judge several business plans. As group after group presented, I saw each make the same mistake as the previous. When they tried to justify the investment from the perspective of the VC, they kept telling us that this was a 40% IRR deal or a 25% IRR as if we had magical IRR thresholds. Secondly, what is the beta for an early stage biotech deal, a semi-conductor start-up, etc? Can you assess the risk associated with a given management team?
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thinkwart VC: Venture Capital in China
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All about Venture Capital. Venture Capital in China. By David Hornik on January 5, 2008 1:17 AM Permalink. As an initial matter, the biggest challenge that investors find in building Chinese startups is identifying great entrepreneurs. The second challenge with entrepreneurship in China is grounded in the laws of China. Yet another significant challenge for United States VC's seeking to invest in China is the government itself. The prevailing attitude then was that "profit" was evil. Essentially "pro...
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Gigaom | DOCSIS 3.0: Coming Soon to a Cableco Near You
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The industry leader in emerging technology research. DOCSIS 3.0: Coming Soon to a Cableco Near You. Apr 30, 2009 - 12:26 PM PDT. I hope broadband competition in the New York City area is the wave of the future. The region, which is densely populated, has three Internet service providers vying for customers. And since Time Warner Cable (s TWC) announced yesterday. See chart for provider details.). For a relatively small investment, cable providers get upgraded to a faster service that has benefits such as...
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