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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. With nearly 2/3rd of all VCs citing cost-cutting in 2016 as the norm — this is a clear indication that winter made an appearance. Baidu alone raised $3.2

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital.

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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

The same thing happened with MERS, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 10 years later that occurred initially in Saudi Arabia and spread to a little offshoot into Korea. The other thing that we also need to do is think about the cost of these tests. They don't cost $100 apiece. That's what is charged to do them.