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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. So how does a company act like a startup in search of new business models while still continuing to successfully execute? Act Like a Startup.

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What to Expect When Developing an App in 2021

Up and Running

The mobile-savvy nations are China, Norway, United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. Simply research the company with its portfolio. Try answering these questions: How has download and search traffic been trending for this app category? Take a look at some of the stats. Smart clothes. How can you choose the right one?

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. . First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). First it was Fortnite and Epic, now it’s Facebook and soon other players will team up to reduce the revenue share with app stores. This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon. The Information and VentureBeat have more on this.

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

However, this primarily applies to businesses within China and India, where these big firms reside, as they rarely invest in startups outside of those two countries. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.). Of course, there are exceptions, but they are minimal.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. We have another investment in the Ag Tech space but as I couldn’t find it in any Google Search I’m assuming neither party has announced the relationship. We look at stage, geography and of course sector.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Vin proposes to build a restaurant search, reviews and ratings site for the Malaysian market catering both to tourists and locals.