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Startups – Beware The Changing Palo Alto Investment Model

YoungUpstarts

As an industry, VC essentially acts as a broker between investment banks, who can’t invest in risky startups due to laws on loan interest, and entrepreneurs who desperately need capital. As it happens, in the last 30 years, available capital has tripled to stand at roughly 10 times global GDP. Expanding tech talent.

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MicroAid: Helping Entrepreneurs Rise Out of Poverty

Up and Running

Beresford and Wardana note that with the right business idea, a poor entrepreneur in a developing country “can increase their family income and eradicate poverty themselves.” “E-learning of basic entrepreneurial skills is a vital tool in the global fight against poverty.” Information Asymmetry.

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Blockstream

thebarefootvc

Globally, there are 2.5 Traditional banks are hampering global GDP growth by not providing financial services such as loans to people who can expand their livelihoods through those services. One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution.

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Blockstream

thebarefootvc

Globally, there are 2.5 Traditional banks are hampering global GDP growth by not providing financial services such as loans to people who can expand their livelihoods through those services. One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.