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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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David Brown's Blog | Market Entry Strategies and Planning for CEO's | Page 2
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David Brown's Blog. Market Entry Strategies and Planning for CEO's. Newer posts →. Attended a Keiretsu Forum investor presentation in Silicon Valley last Friday which was long overdue. I had met Randy Williams the founder and CEO of Keiretsu during a Berkeley Executive Venture Capital Class ( VC Executive Program. Run by Jerry Engle ( Monitor Ventures. As you can imagine the presentation quality varied wildly. Some of the chaps had fancy video’s (which sometimes worked –. And others were your standard va...
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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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2012 | TheBij.com
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Archive for 2012 Yearly archive page. Healthcare M&A: Keep Calm and Carry On. On June 8, 2012. With just a couple of weeks to go until we hear from the Supreme Court on the fate of Health Reform, bankers and the investment community are making grand pronouncements that M&A activity is “on hold” until the Court opines. This is just not true as you will see below. PE-Backed Healthcare M&A on Hold for Election, Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare. For starters, M&A activity in healthcare is occurring at bre...
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Tomio Geron, Author at Exitround
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What Every Founder Should Know When An Acquirer Comes Calling. The Exit Curve: Exitround’s Report On Tech M&A. Yes, 2016 is the year to sell your startup…. Exitround Case Study: Cloudability and Attribo. On January 25, 2016. This post is part of a series of case studies Exitround is publishing about companies that have used the Exitround platform. Meanwhile, Portland-based Cloudability. Founded in 2011, Portland-based Cloudability provides technology for companies to manage the costs of their cloud servi...
