VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. Venture capital (VC) investment is the primary funding source for regional startups. The startups in Southeast Asia were traditionally focused on offering services to individuals and followed a B2C scheme.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Over the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed the launch of ginormous new venture funds focusing on the space. Venture capital firms poured more than $32 billion into digital-asset startups last year and there’s plenty more dry powder out there: Haun Ventures – $1.5 ESG impact of Metaverse tech and Web3.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Heck, there was no venture capital in Dixie in that era. Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C. There was no thought of enterprise value.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

For those unfamiliar, there’s a very specific model for investable ventures and, while we had one, the kind of capital we needed?—?swing swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t We have the consumer market, but not investor market for what I’m selling : B2C software.)

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts.

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