VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period. It’s an investors market. billion in 538 deals.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Because convertible debt deals often have both a ‘full ratchet’ and often have ‘multiple liquidation preferences’ “ Yup. Can you imagine investing in the stock market where your price was determined at a future date and the better that company performed the HIGHER the price you paid for that investment.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2020
The order was targeted at TSMC, which is Huawei’s main supplier of advanced chips; without these, Huawei will be at a competitive disadvantage against Apple or Samsung in the smartphone industry, and against Cisco and others in the market for network equipment. The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030.
Up and Running
JUNE 2, 2015
And one thing I find for sure is that more startup type organizations – especially where you’re trying to bring something to market that’s new and different – need to have a lot of creativity. When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch. And a lot of innovation.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
After starting two companies of his own, he now heads the NYCDOE’s Markets initiative, which works on fostering smart demand for innovative solutions to the most urgent problems in New York’s public schools. Steven came to the NYCDOE via NASA, where he built the U.S. government’s first public website.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. times at 5 years and 11.39 here of 7.65 [2].
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. Even if, in a previous life, you were a world expert in some functional specialty, like in-depth market research or scalable systems design, the compressed timeline of a startup makes it irrelevant. But life is not easy, either.
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