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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Europe Consumer. (1). ► 2012. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. McKinsey highlight #1: the art of cost cutting or. Yahoo Finance. Wednesday, August 03, 2011.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 16, 2012. Some countries in Europe may have lost their AAA ratings, but they have not lost their appetite to innovate and create new online services. The passengers compensate the driver for the gas and toll costs, making it a fair trade. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. Europe Consumer. (1).

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

despite having been passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability, waiting for the rules to be finalized by the SEC. In this model, often called micro-financing or peer-to-peer lending (P2P), people contribute with the intent to create a pool for all to borrow against. In the U.S.,

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

His superiors weren’t all happy with this atypical approach to news and asked him to leave in September 2012. In December 2012 he met up with the founders of Momkai , a creative agency with clients such as Red Bull and Nike. In the future, we will white-label this CMS to further finance our journalistic adventure.

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Startup Equity Crowdfunding Grows in Europe (NESTA Report)

VC Cafe

Below is a table of the equity Crowdfunding platforms operating in Europe: Location. of investment amount + transaction costs. Launching in July 2012. Launching in July 2012. in September 2012. Capital raised so far through the platform. How investment is facilited. Vetting/Due dilligence by platform.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? Europe Consumer. (1). ► 2012. (1). Yahoo Finance.

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

This type of loan is unrelated to physical damage; this is about the cost of being closed and losing sales. According to the National Flood Insurance Program, the average business claim on flood insurance from 2008 to 2012 was $87,000. Know your finances and keep backup records. You can find details here. .

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