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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” He talks about making things that people want & going after a big enough market. It might be for technical reasons or it might be for customer adoption reasons.

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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. You can view the full presentation here.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. Yes, the concentration of entrepreneurial founding and management talent is here in the Bay Area, but so too is lots of private money, more and more large platforms which continue to grow in market share.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Technical” Companies (i.e.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Startups are lucky that they can’t afford research, so they test in market and land upon on ideas that would never fly based on what we think or what focus groups would respond with. Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. The technology minimums are changing quickly.

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