Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When China banned cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017 and then went after Bitcoin mining in 2018, we saw short-term impacts on the price of Bitcoin, but no lasting effect despite the huge size of the Chinese market for the currency.

Venezuela 68

Venezuela Argentina China Technical Review 68

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

In 2021, ASEAN DeFi startups could raise $1 billion in equity funding. Youth population, governmental support, and the US-China conflict are driving startup ecosystem transformation in Southeast Asia. The United States and China often influence the entrepreneurial spirit in this region.

Asia 171

Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

As a result, Latin America has emerged as a new hotspot for tech startups, alluring some of the top investors from the Silicon Valley and China. public, private, debt, equity, market return, concessionary capital, etc. Entrepreneurship in China: Will they Eat Your Lunch? Entrepreneurship in China: Will they Eat Your Lunch?

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

And China is outpacing us by adopting the very innovation methods we invented, integrating commercial technology with academic research, and delivering it to the Peoples Liberation Army. Integrate and incent the Venture Capital/Private Equity ecosystem to invest at scale.

Security 217

Security Silicon Valley China Private Equity 217

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 271

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Team SeaWatch – Maritime Security in the South China Sea. Recognizing the ability of these teams to produce real results, 38 members of the venture and private equity community dialed in to these presentations. If you can’t see the SeaWatch 2-minute video click here. If you can’t see the SeaWatch slides click here.

Oakland 301

Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It’s a great tool for companies to introduce a new brand and test product-market-fit in an early, low-risk environment; cultivate a group of early adopters who become product evangelists and provide crucial feedback and support; get early customer feedback on product concept and design and build brand equity for a product.

Campaign 145

Campaign San Francisco Technical Review Flash 145

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. I was a bull in a china shop. But “he didn’t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!&#. I said that was my point. “A real entrepreneur would have done it anyway.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Fractional CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 414

Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

While America may be taking a step back in terms of entrepreneurship, countries such as India and China which have greatly improved the education and resources available to their citizens will benefit from an increase in ingenuity in the future. Thanks to Mark Woodbury, Minerva Equity ! #12- 12- More due to rise in millennials.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur Technical Review Security Demand 128

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China. Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. You can listen to the rest in the recording.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Investing in China Today. All the usual caveats apply.

Venture Capital 163

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 163

Hearpreneur

JULY 2, 2016

In the many years I have lived and worked in China, I have found that the importance of Chinese business culture should not be underestimated. In China, I find that if I do not run into challenges on a daily basis, I am doing something wrong. He built his business from nothing, with zero tech knowledge. 6 – Poor Quality.

Phoenix 82

Phoenix Entrepreneur China Differentiation 82

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Startup Equity and Stock Options: What’s It Worth to You? Notes From Behind the Firewall: The State of Web Design in China | Tuts+ Web Design – crowdspring.co/1yCnrPZ. A Counterintuitive System for Startup Compensation – crowdspring.co/1zRImmt. 10 Ways to Make Your Relationship With Your Co-Founder A Success – crowdspring.co/1sSi21Y.

Social Media 99

Social Media Small Business Design Media 99

YoungUpstarts

JULY 28, 2011

When I came to the United States from China over 20 years ago, I was determined to live the American Dream. Benjamin Wey is the President of New York Global Group, a private equity investment firm specialized in China related transactions. by Benjamin Wey, New York Global Group.

New York 227

New York Private Equity Entrepreneur China 227

Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

I never expected to have my first book published in China, much less in Mandarin, but that goes to show how much the world continues to change. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. In 2006, China’s total venture capital investment reached $1.78

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital China Technical Review Due Diligence 44

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K., ” (ix) The U.S. Share and Enjoy:

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Agile VC

MAY 9, 2014

One of the first things that caught my eye when I started reading the Alibaba Group S-1 was a section on page 7 of the filing regarding something called the “Alibaba Partnership” It quickly struck me that the Alibaba Group’s corporate governance in some ways mirrors China’s Politburo.

Government 153

Government Silicon Valley China Cofounder 153

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

As mentioned at the top I do not know anyone that predicted the global pandemic of COVID19, despite the writing on the wall and the cases growing in China at the time of this post last year. 4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. 7/ SaaS roll-ups and micro-private equity become huge.

Stock 120

Stock Private Equity Option Pool LP 120

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

The major misconceptions are that the incubator will help you form your founding team, will guarantee funding for the company and that they will directly invest in your company and possibly take a lot of equity away from the founders. Xiao Wang is the general manager and chief fire starter at InnoSpring Silicon Valley.

Incubator 100

Incubator Silicon Valley China California 100

thebarefootvc

MAY 6, 2020

Those in countries that have previously experienced massive inflation (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina) or capital controls (China, India) have long seen relative value in an asset that is independent of government financial manipulation. For example, crude oil prices are down nearly 19% since 2015. That day the S&P 500 was down 9.5%

Zimbabwe 59

Zimbabwe Venezuela Argentina Institutional Investors 59

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The idea for the forex rate comparison engine came when 30-year old Julien Labruyere (pictured), the founder of Asian Mobile Ventures – which developed GET4X – was sharing his travel plans to China with a friend last year and realized he hadn’t exchanged for some Chinese RMB. million worth of currency transactions.

Singapore 237

Singapore Private Equity Asia China 237

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Prominent personalities such as Ho Kwon Ping, Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Limited, Gary Wang, Founder and CEO of Tudou, the leading video portal of China and Patrick Lee, co-founder of Alive Not Dead and Rotten Tomatoes, will provide their insights to technopreneurs during a one-day get-together. Innovation.

Singapore 174

Singapore Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Private Equity 174

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., This first post will describe some of the structural problems companies have; follow-on posts will offer some solutions. existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Eventually the private equity firms and multinationals take over and it becomes harder for a marginally-funded startup entrepreneur to compete, but for that brief, glorious time, the opportunities seem endless. Almost all of the early entrants into this industry were smaller startups.

Private Equity 99

Private Equity China Equity Bootstrapping 99

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2012

For example, Walmart only broke even in the huge China market after 15 years of investment. Leverage the brand, using the equity that the brand enjoys with consumers – values, beliefs and perceptions – and find ways to develop new products and services that are consistent with those qualities.

Mexico 145

Mexico Singapore China Differentiation 145

thebarefootvc

MARCH 4, 2022

With rapid global moves in response to this crisis, and highly volatile global equity markets, Bitcoin over the past days has decoupled from these markets to become a “risk off” asset. – We will see even more institutional adoption of digital assets.

Ukraine 45

Ukraine Russia Venezuela Global 45

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City (SSGKC) in China serves as a “strategic development platform and a model for economic transformation and industrial upgrading.” SSGKC is the third project of the Sino-Singapore cooperation, following Suzhou Industrial Park and Tianjin Eco City in China.

Technology 60

Technology Russia China Iceland 60

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

announced today that it has closed a $10 million round of Series A equity and venture debt funding intended to accelerate the company’s strategic initiatives and operations in China. Appconomy, Inc. Shanghai-based Qiming Ventures led the round, and will have a representative join Appconomy’s board of directors.

Finance 78

Finance China Equity Operations 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Explain the business model. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

China and South Korea are starting their factories up again. Going forward, do you move your supply chain from China or at least create a second source from other countries? Award equity to employees equal to the value of their reduced salaries. CEOs of companies that manufacture goods in the U.S.

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

You won’t impress investors by claiming that everyone in China needs one, and nobody else has exactly the right features to compete with you. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. Explain the business model. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

There are a ton of things that get related to that problem – employees don’t value equity, and hence you need capital, and capital is hard to come by, and good talent is hard to attract. Much of that has changed – like the way it has changed in China. If I have to pick one, it would be exits.

India 208

India Silicon Valley Early Stage Asia 208

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

And sure, there’s a little bit of bull in a china shop in me—but if I didn’t have that, I wouldn’t work nearly as hard, and frankly, I wouldn’t be me. Much of the equity investment that goes on happens through people you’d never think of. Do you have a Bose radio at home?

New York City 113

New York City New York Startup Burn Rate 113

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 2, 2013

By 2060 they predict the Eurozone will be the fourth largest economy in the world after China, India and the USA. That’s inevitable given that China and India have very different ideas to the USA and Europe about what constitutes ‘fair’ trade. The USA will have fallen from first place to third.

India 88

India China Venture Capital Forecast 88