David Teten
APRIL 6, 2015
of US annual medical costs in 2008, compared with 6.5% All venture capital and NIH funding data for CY 2010 – 2014 in USA. Atul Gawande has a fascinating article on the BetterBirth Project, a rare successful effort to promote behavior change, in this case in reducing infant mortality in India. The data is painful.
thebarefootvc
JUNE 15, 2014
While credit was relatively easy to obtain in the developed markets for much of the last 20 years, the 2008 economic crisis made it more difficult for even the middle class and small businesses to obtain loans. Low cost medical devices: In 2009 in India, GE partnered with Wipro to launch low cost medical devices including a $500 portable ECG.
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ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Statisco Economic Analytics.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Scaling venture capital breaks it.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. He started enjoying success in 2008 when Inc. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Yes, venture capital is very good for scaling businesses rapidly. I personally have nothing against venture capital. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. In that case, why bother wasting time trying to raise money right now? Photo by takatuka.
Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners.
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