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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. One of the things I pointed out in my prior post was that even though the 2007 vintage was 10 years old, the vast majority of the value was still unrealized. nearly the same as 2007.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector.

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Vaping: the Startup Business in 2018

The Startup Magazine

The evolution of technology brought smokers a different experience called ‘vaping’. billion in sales in 2014 to $3 billion in 2017. The interest in vaping has increased exponentially in the past decade due to various factors worldwide. Bonnie Herzog, Senior Analyst at Wells Fargo, predicts the vaping industry to achieve $5.5

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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