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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.” company setting up some subsidiary here and expecting them to compete while they were following U.S. like WeChat.). Competition.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. If you’re a software startup competing in China, the words that come to mind are “ruthless and relentless.” company setting up some subsidiary here and expecting them to compete while they were following U.S. like WeChat.). Competition.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

For each of these, there is a human element (non-scaleable) and the possibility of a tech layer (which any one VC will only have implemented to varying extents). At HOF Capital, we support our companies through 7 main levers (i.e., We have insight on the competencies of our companies’ personnel, and who is hiring or shrinking.

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Will A Business Incubator Help Hatch Your Startup?

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. Think of that challenge like competing for limited venture capital. billion, with the total amount raised topping $2 billion.

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Attaining Competitive Advantage in Any Business

Growthink Blog

No, those next levels of competitive business striving - toward double digit and beyond revenue growth, real and tangible profit, meaningful asset aggregation, and toward brands, cultures, and reputations that stand the test of time. And of our burning desire to compete and win. population works in the private sector. As professionals.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Panelists do not believe there is sustainable truly proprietary flow (though I think they are defining this too narrowly as sales with only 1 buyer) Platinum looks at as direct- (20%) and indirect-sourced (80%), not proprietary vs. non-proprietary.