Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Importantly the Irish government and local businesses roll out the red carpet to make sure everybody visiting leaves with a strong appreciation of the economic benefits for US startups in locating their European headquarters in Ireland vs. all of the other Continental options available. Money is the easy part.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek. So at a fund level (e.g.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. Investors were becoming nervous and were no longer willing to underwrite new Unicorn-level financings at the drop of a hat. This is uncharted territory.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). I see consumer markets harnessed to wag the dog of public sector employers (government, military) and then the private sector.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? And of course, I wasn't really interested in the finance side of it to me. And so, all of a sudden, you have finance, and compliance, and bankers, and folks like that. This is Out Of the Crisis. What are institutions for? I'm curious.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

. – Indiegogo.com is a crowd-funding platform allowing contributors to empower hundreds of thousands of inventors, musicians, do-gooders, filmmakers – and many more – to bring their dreams to life. – Clarity.com proactively advises you on managing your personal finances efficiently. Net Promoter Score from Founders we back.

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