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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. At Andersen Consulting I had built computer networks and programmed in COBOL. He introduced me to a senior guy from the “network solutions&# practice, a Dutchman named Valentijn Bonger.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

VC Cafe

According to the 2019 Annual European Venture Report by PitchBook , European startups raised €32.4 Corporate venture capital (CVC) represented 45% of the total capital raised. The fund is done in partnership with several top tier venture capital funds including Accel, A16Z, KPCB, Spark Capital and others.

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

It’s inspiring to see that the world of cloud is now flat and any region can generate a category defining company, from Atlassian in Australia to UiPath in Romania, Celonis in Germany, Snyk in Israel, and Docusign and Crowdstrike in the US. What’s next?

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. And my specialty was computer networks. It was all technical.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. So you need to build a network even outside of your company. After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. My dad was an immigrant from Colombia. My grandfather.

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The rise of European SaaS: apply now to be included in the Accel Euroscape 2019

Cracking the Code

For example, UiPath, the leading Robotic Process Automation company from Romania, valued at $7 billion, may well be one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies of the decade, with revenues growing from $5 million to $200 million in around 30 months. by Palo Alto Networks for $560 million), NewVoiceMedia (acq.

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