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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

In the post-coronavirus period, the demand for technologies that help businesses compensate for losses will only increase. In 2006, Rustam Gilfanov, together with his partners, opened an international outsourcing IT company in Kyiv. Collect and analyze information about the size of the niche you can occupy.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

You might like to think that a bunch of savvy venture capitalists saw a market niche for raising smaller funds or perhaps there was a generational shift where disgruntled junior partners spun out of bigger firms to start their own gigs. As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. The post Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Is Entrepreneurship in Your DNA?

Duct Tape Marketing

They work with brands in retail, technology, financial services, wireless and with associations. How to work with your husband as a business partner. They work with brands in retail, technology, financial services, wireless and with associations. How to work with your husband as a business partner.

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

Here’s a look at three factors fueling investor interest in Colombia’s technology startups. Colombia is an attractive market for technology companies. However, the 2016 Peace Deal with the FARC , among other efforts, changed its international reputation, leading to a 300% increase in foreign visitors since 2006.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. Part 1 outlining the program is here. The origin.