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

Indiegogo’s global reach: “If we’re limiting ourself to the US, we’re not providing access to capital for all”!!!!!!

Indiegogo’s global reach: “If we’re limiting ourself to the US, we’re not providing access to capital for all” (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On July 8, 2013 Crowd funding company Indiegogo recently announced it was launching a Spanish-lanuage version of the site, which may not be the world’s most exciting news. But what is pretty cool is how global Indiegogo has become —…

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Funderbeam is startup analytics for you!!!!!!!

Funderbeam, a global marketplace that makes it easy to size up startups. It captures data about startups and applies advanced analytics to set live reference prices for their virtual stock. Having standard reference data across the market rewards great startups and assures investors. So everyone can make real money.

Here is a video about funderbeam:

L2 Conference: Local Global, Global Local!!!!!!!!!!

On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,

Local Global.  Global Local. 

Emerging markets are defined by their growth and Developed Markets are evaluated for theirs. Hear how local companies are capturing global audiences and what led Global Companies with a twist to build their presence in the Philippines.

Here are some videos of the panel:

“Either you will be a global company, or you won’t be a company”!!!!!!!!!

“Either you will be a global company, or you won’t be a company” (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On June 24, 2013 Our PandoMonthly with Fred Wilson was one of our most popular so far, and it was brought to you by Smartling – a company that makes it possible to adapt your website into multiple different languages and manage all those…

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L2 Conference: Global competitiveness and Innovation. Proactive versus Reactive!!!!!!!!!!!

On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,

Global Collaboration. 

Collaborative services behind the scene extension of the enterprise. Are companies really outsourcing or developing collaborative partnerships? We believe that there are benefits to developing strong ties to partners around the world.

L2 Conference: Global Competitiveness and Innovation!!!!!!!!!!!

On June 13th, 2013 at the Philippine Center in San Francisco the Latitude Longitude Conference, A Closer Look at the Philippines was held. One of the panels at the event was,

Global competitiveness and Innovation. 

Proactive versus Reactive. As new industries emerge and existing industries evolve, maintaining competitiveness and sustainable growth are essential strategic issues to be addressed.  Where is innovation across the value chain being implemented and what strategies are in place to sustain momentum?