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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

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JANUARY 11, 2017

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. It doesn’t mean it can’t be done, but having say Google as an investor can make it tricky to work with say Apple.

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Not Every Startup Is “Killing It” (How to Speak Up During Tough Times)

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JANUARY 20, 2015

And even acquisitions painted as successes may look very different below the (typically confidential) surface. But the reality of tech entrepreneurship is that not everyone is “killing it,” and certainly not all of the time. Not every startup is going to “crush” their original milestones and financial projections.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

Not Every Startup Is “Killing It” (How to Speak Up During Tough Times)

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