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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. In Southeast Asia, if you are starting a B2B company right now, you will likely need to be selling to older / slower-moving industries.

Asia 48
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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

It’s one thing to hear from other people that Southeast Asia (SEA) is up-and-coming, but it was totally another thing to go there and talk with so many people about the future. In Southeast Asia, if you are starting a B2B company right now, you will likely need to be selling to older / slower-moving industries.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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When Bad News Is Actually Good News

Babbling VC

If IPO's return, you basically will have two to three public markets you can sell into. Further many funds went to other areas to search for money such as the Middle East or Asia. Hypothesis 9: The problem is on the demand side . Although attempts are being made to unify things, I am skeptical about this one.

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10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups

ReadWriteStart

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center.