YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Our traditional view of globalization, common for decades, was massive container ships conveying goods from distant manufacturing locations; and watching services, capital, and expertise flow from one from major established commercial and financial city or region to another. Global trade dipped in 2008.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
In class 1 , we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, military power, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. Steve Blank, “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” Steve Blank , November 20, 2008. Not required for class.] .
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
Some claim that all possible interactions of finance and technology, which I guess includes credit cards – the 1950’s invention, are FinTech. FinTech had started to grow popular soon after global financial crisis happened, fueled by public’s distrust of banks and incumbent legacy firms, and then exploded in 2015.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 14, 2022
First, the Bitcoin global popularity increased after the financial crisis of 2008 which led many to question the stability of national currencies and fiat money. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralised form of digital currency that uses cryptography to maintain security and anonymity (Nakamoto 2008).
Up and Running
JUNE 30, 2020
Many small business financing options feel as though they have evaporated in the wake of the crisis caused by COVID-19. 2020 Will Be An Interesting Year For Small Business Financing. In the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, many lenders reduced their customers’ credit lines or canceled them completely.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.
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