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The State of Gaming in 2022

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billion people globally that play games in 2022. The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals. There are 3.07 as they reached 28.1

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

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s roundtable, I started with a presentation on blue sky opportunities in cloud computing based on our Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing (TLCC) research. I took the audience through five cloud-based business ideas, discussed why they are relevant and pointed them to the sources I derived those ideas from.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

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I call it drip-financing. Most entrepreneurs have no choice but to avail of this sort of financing along with the mentoring and the contacts that could come with it (doesn't always come along, though). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. Experience.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. What Has Changed in Financing? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

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But Gregg stayed and grew and took on more responsibilities and became a senior member of Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud team. Importantly, we recently announced a $30 million financing that gives us the resources we need to build a global enterprise software company. It’s the people who want to work with you.