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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. While this it total FDI as opposed to just venture, it should give you an indication of the international trend. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Mexican Food and Entrepreneurship for Lunch in Dubai

Feld Thoughts

Since then I ended up at a venture capital firm in Dubai called BECO Capital. They then spent the next two hours answering questions that I had about Dubai, its history, entrepreneurship in the region, and the geopolitical dynamics with other UAE states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran.

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to my conversation with Robert Schooley on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In our conversation, he detailed the many, many mistakes we made along the way and most critically, how we can avoid them next time. Here's my conversation with Dr. Robert Schooley. Because this is not over.