VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

First and foremost, PGC it’s a meeting palooza – I received over 40 requests for meetings, mainly from game studios all over Europe. Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. I feel like I’m often looking for interesting things to read about a variety of subjects, but I manage to include your blog among my reads every day. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio.

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Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

If you want to turn your start-up into an attractive acquisition target, there are a few key tips that all small companies should remember: Fine Tune your Management. One outstanding quality that will be remembered and admired by prospective businesses is a professional management system. Be the First to Market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. Sincerely – he is better at managing his board than any exec I have worked with.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

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. These results are consistent for both US-based and Europe-based VC firms.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Silicon Allee (a TNW content partner ) caught up with him to pick his brain on what 2013 might hold for us. We’re a European VC company and we study the market across Europe. The famously-monikered investor, who now lives in Denmark, was previously the COO at Skype, and has a wealth of experience in founding and building companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. billion deal to Disney.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

It’s part three of a series, cross-posted from his own blog , in which he draws on his experience to offer advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond. Both ways are great, I’ve tried both, but personally I wouldn’t try to start something again without partners. Prepare to become a manager. 10-20% for employees.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates. Reporting directly to the CEO, Katina managed various departments including Back and Middle Office, IT, Recruiting and Talent, Client Service Reporting, Fund Legal and Compliance. However, this is about to change.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Our partners have invested in more than dozen companies that became worth more than a billion dollars and that has disproportionately drive returns. My first company was used to manage workflow & share CAD drawings and plans on the $16 billion refurbishment of the London Underground. It is VC math, like it or not.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. While it is quite rare in Europe, many companies in Southeast Asia also provide their employees with health insurance that also extends its coverage to their partners.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. The old paradigm of manufacturing in China and selling in Europe and US is no longer entirely true. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

It managed to overcome security and privacy controversies and maintain a stronghold in video-call land. But within two weeks its Israeli founders managed to pivot their product into the virtual events world and have concluded 2020 with 100% growth and tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

Can my bookkeeping process be managed with different currencies and VAT. By doing research on your current people, systems and partners, you can create an overview of where you are as a company. You cannot look at Europe as one playground. The difference in Europe on the same product is between 8% and 27%. Market places.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2017

With the availability of online workflow management solutions , there’s simply no reason to continue spending valuable hours on repetitive tasks. 86 percent of managers believe automated work processes would increase employee productivity—and they’re right. Plus, workflow automation can improve your business in a number of ways.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ).

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. I’ve found the best way to do this is to manage the projects daily. I’m looking for suggestions on how to scale this using people in europe without adding too many “middle men” 1.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But it wasn’t the tank as a technology, by itself, that allowed Nazi Germany to take over Western Europe in a matter of weeks. If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. For example, the tank was invented in the mid-1910s. More like a surgical strike.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2012

I always tell teams I meet with, “The scarcest resource in your company is management bandwidth. And nobody is more important in this regard than senior management. We are giving a version of our product to a team in Europe who will start selling our product internationally. Spend it wisely.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Not every international market matters, but some are larger than life. with demands for new products and services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You start traveling around Europe, starting working for them overseas. I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. Or did I want to move to Europe? I only went because I wanted to live and work in Europe. DEREK 8:33] So you’re working in Europe.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2021

The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Highland Europe. Through IBM’s planned acquisition of myInvenio, we are revolutionizing the way companies manage their process operations,” said Massimiliano Delsante, CEO, myInvenio, who will be staying on with the deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

I found this reality addressed well in a new book, “ Fast Times ,” by McKinsey Partners Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich. In the same year, Lego's profits soared 63% as they expanded their initiatives and operations in Asia and Europe.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

Veronica Sósa, founder of Business Fit International Magazine, Business Fit Magazine and SHE (Seminar for Hispanic Entrepreneurs in Europe). “I Brian Marshall, founder of Transformational Growth Partners (TGP). “ A good leader is also someone who can admit and learn from failure.”. It is that simple.”.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 3, 2015

and Europe. Before joining Creditsafe, he led the brand strategy for a number of international beer and cider brands in Europe, such as Aspall, Steinlager, Toohey’s, and Iceland’s leading brewer, Vifilfell. Corporate Partners. and Europe. Our Guests. David Knowles (left). headquarters. Kacee Johnson.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2022

In fact, 2021 was the year that my sister and business partner quit her 9-5 corporate job and we both went full time with the business. From managing shortages to introducing new technology, we’ve been working hard to find solutions to all problems that pop up. Photo Credit: Shokouh Hatch. Thanks to Shokouh Hatch, everlur !

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Secondly, because he had single-handedly managed to achieve something that my adopted startup hometown of London (despite a fair amount of wailing and hand-wringing) has not yet achieved; namely, an incredibly successful public flotation of a homegrown tech company listing on the local market. Accelerators. Co-working spaces.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

The two Data Collective managing partners, who are currently raising fund number two, tell me that the timing is right for a fund committed exclusively to Big Data companies, as the barriers to entry in launching these sorts of startups are only getting lower. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

There are plenty of companies poised to serve your needs in Bangalore, the Philippines, and across Eastern Europe. These people may be permanent employees, or they may work on a project-by-project basis, but they are managed very much as if they’re working right alongside you. Collaboration tools have improved.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Should the New Administration Focus on Europe or IndoPacom? His team advocates for a Europe-centric approach to US foreign policy. To form a digital development fund to coordinate the R&D and the distribution pathways with our like-minded partners. And it was just more of a career flexibility and management thing.

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Technical Review Technology China Taiwan 235

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 4, 2020

“Austin is Silicon Valley’s cooler, younger sibling that is on the rise” says Sputnik ATX Managing Partner and CEO Dr. Oksana Malysheva. “I She is the Managing Partner and CEO of Sputnik ATX , an accelerator that funds and mentors early-stage startup companies. She was born and raised in Ukraine and the Soviet Union.

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Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For those of you not in the know, they are one of the largest limited partners ( LP's : investors in venture capital funds) in Europe and are basically in almost all the funds throughout the market. Hence anything from them is going to be based on information that truly represents the situation in Europe. .

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online clothing retailer Zappos, has made company culture a focal point in his management style. Burnt out and spent, Ferris decided to go on a two-week vacation in Europe and delegated his work to a team of virtual assistants. This is called the “principle of right-fit.”. Outsource services. percent improvement.

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