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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Q4 2019 was a busy quarter for us, and here’s some select news on the Version One family. Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Happy New Year! Let’s ride the momentum into 2020! seed round.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

Cold War in Space: Top Secret Reconnaissance Satellites Revealed ” National Museum of the United States Air Force, June 02, 2015. Tim Harford, “ The CubeSat Revolution Changing the Way We See the World ” BBC News, July 17, 2019. The Space Force was born as a separate service in December 2019. Space as a Domain. Lt Gen David “D.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. By 2015 it had come to signify by the market a new era where business fundamentals had changed, companies could easily and quickly be worth $10 billion or MORE so why worry about the “entry price!” billion fund.

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The New Startup: Legal Financing & Lawsuit Loans

YoungUpstarts

Another report by Burford Capital found that the number of lawyers in the United States who helped a client apply for a lawsuit loan quadrupled between 2013 and 2015, from 7% to 28%. According to an annual report from US Courts , the total number of personal injury lawsuits filed in a district court almost doubled between 1990 and 2019.

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How to Solve the Biggest Shipping and Fulfillment Challenges of 2019

Up and Running

percent in 2015. Below is a list of the most common problems you can face in 2019, and what you can do to address them. This is why it’s important to build relationships—and a great way to do so is by keeping a promise. International competition is on the rise. share of global retail ecommerce is expected to continue to drop to 16.9

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

According to tech recruiters , 2019 has brought a handful of tech jobs to the forefront, such as cyber security engineering, AI/machine learning and data scientists, to name a few. Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015.

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VC Funding in 2020: What Investors Look for in Startups

ReadWriteStart

As far back as 2015, Kauffman Foundation had reported that a whopping two-thirds of the fastest-growing companies go under before attaining self-sustainability. A less successful 2019 has caused 2020 to be more unpredictable, though many remain optimistic. Stability over Speed.