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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. The controlled decentralization of major industries has been dubbed a “socialist market” movement. This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Enter Modi.

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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. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. I haven’t seen this movie yet, but it’s not (entirely) quite like this. Messaging / email generally works.

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. CRMs / marketing tech generally work. I haven’t seen this movie yet, but it’s not (entirely) quite like this. Messaging / email generally works.

Asia 48
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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. The controlled decentralization of major industries has been dubbed a “socialist market” movement. This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election. Enter Modi.

India 40
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When Bad News Is Actually Good News

Babbling VC

Fortunately, for those of us in the market long enough, it's actually good news. For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. The size of rounds basically is dependant on exits.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

With a little knowledge of some of the key cultural differences and unique properties of the local tech scene, Russia can easily become one of the most attractive tech markets in the world for investors. Russia currently has the largest online market in Europe. Since the date of the IPO, the company has tripled in size.

Russia 140
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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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