Showing posts with label VC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VC. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Don’t expand to Europe without talking to Next World Capital first!!!!!!

Don’t expand to Europe without talking to Next World Capital first (via Pando Daily)
By Michael Carney On August 2, 2013 VCs regularly tout the “value added services” that they offer to their portfolio companies. For the most part this typically boils down to hiring, legal, PR, and other traditional professional services that a startup…


Sunday, 28 July 2013

Gurley to founders: VC isn’t always right!!!!

Gurley to founders: VC isn’t always right (via Pando Daily)
By Carmel DeAmicis On July 28, 2013Investment from traditional VC firms is a bit of a bar mitzvah for startups. It’s proof that they’re on their way to adulthood, and if they don’t raise VC money it’s like they haven’t come of age. When a…


Thursday, 25 July 2013

VC Insights: When and why you should take your startup global!!!!!


On Thursday, July 11th, 2013 at 6:30pm TriNet, High Street Partners & DLA Piper held VC Insights: When and why you should take your startup global. In today’s business world, companies are “going global” at an earlier stage than ever before. Unfortunately navigating the international waters hasn’t gotten any easier.  When and why you should take your startup global is an important consideration for every company and is driven by a range of factors including market opportunity, the right talent, cost and acquisition/IPO attractiveness.

This was a informative discussion and networking event to hear from some of the Bay Area's most respected venture investors about the rationale and timing behind a successful international strategy.

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Speakers:

Ethan Kurzweil, Bessemer Ventures
Ryan Sweeney, Accel Partners
Stacey Bishop, Scale Venture Partners
Sean Lynden, Gold Hill Capital




Tuesday, 9 July 2013

VCs on the future of VC!!!!!!!

VCs on the future of VC (via Pando Daily)
By Erin Griffith On July 9, 2013 Last month, at Pandomonthly in New York, Fred Wilson offered a surprising answer to our standard penultimate question, “What is one thing you believe that no one else does?” His answer? That venture capital as we…