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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Of the 43 U.S.-based

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The Top 5 Stock Exchanges According to a 2020 Study

The Startup Magazine

For startups and entrepreneurs, awareness of the stock exchanges will help prepare you for a potential public financing of your company through an initial public offering, known as an IPO. The NYSE is also called ‘The Big Board’ as per etoro review. It is first on the global list of the largest stock exchanges for a reason.

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HBS Entrepreneurs Founded the Most Startup Unicorns of Any MBA Program

View from Seed

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton). as ranked by U.S. Red Ventures (HBS, Wharton). Shazam (GSB, Haas).

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

The past year saw startups on the rise, an increase in venture capital funding (both in real dollars and numbers of companies funded), a resurgence of IPOs, and the rise of David against Goliath, as best represented by Groupon’s spurning of a $6 billion offer from Google.

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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. In contrast to China, India has had many fits and starts with economic liberalization and has to date failed to channel its potential due to government policies that have discouraged foreign investment. Enter Modi.

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How to Plan Your Social Integration Strategy

mashable.com

9 Tech Millionaires Under Age 30 [INFOGRAPHIC]. Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya , where he advises clients on implementing social technology. Gigya offers websites a suite of social technology like social login , comments, game mechanics and a social identity management platform.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… Tech. Loading… Asia. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd.