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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. So what’s left?

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.