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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” For Upfront Ventures, across > 25 years of investing in any given fund 5–8 investments will return more than 80% of all distributions and it’s generally out of 30–40 investments. So it’s about 20%.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

pic.twitter.com/on8RQtEeB9 — Zach Bussey (@zachbussey) August 18, 2020. Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP. Sourced via @SullyGnome. There are still many challenges for creators.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Bootstrapping Comes in Many Flavors

ReadWriteStart

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. The IP vendor does about $2 million to $3 million a quarter, but the market leader is EDA giant Synopsys. D-Logic Inc.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

How will we shop in 2020? While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Allbirds’ expanding appeal, range of products, and distribution channels could attract Walmart. Scroll down to see the list. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. WALMART’S GOALS.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

Although, my BHAG is to sell 10,000 planners to help people put their goals in writing by February 1st of 2020. 8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally. I honestly believe that through a combination of technology and expert people we can help put a stop to counterfeiting and IP infringement globally.

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Startup Resources

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IP Location Tools. free, distributed source code control management system. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business.