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Should We Take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders? [New Data]

View from Seed

That’s a pretty astounding figure, especially when you consider that many students in the latter years of that cohort have yet to raise or have yet to raise later-stage, larger rounds. Others are dominating categories in foreign markets, such as Dafiti, Linio, Coupang, and Grabtaxi. Combined, they’ve raised over $2.5

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

The modal VC thesis is: “We invest in great teams addressing large markets with disruptive solutions” Who invests in lousy teams addressing tiny markets with outdated solutions? Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Incubators, too, helped flood the markets with even more startups, and AngelList played its part too. At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. Source App Annie ]. -