Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2010
Employee Equity: How Much? “Only purpose of your 1st round of financing is to build a product, prove it has value&# – [link]. crowdSPRING designer interview – 12 Questions: Meet Rod MacGregor (Spain) – [link]. Unconventional startup wisdom by @mlevchin – [link]. – [link]. Ask yourself why?
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 28, 2010
VC Financings: 1. Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. This round was led by Kevin Spain from Emergence.
The Next Web
MARCH 2, 2014
This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. External constraints or the lacks of resources (finance, skills, business idea) are relative minor reasons. Many entrepreneurs claim that there’s just not enough money, and that investors in Europe fear failure.
VC Cafe
APRIL 7, 2011
The Tel Aviv center will support Barclay’s international finance operations and expand the British bank’s equities and prime services among others. Barclays Capital is opening a financial technology research and development center in Israel and plans to hire up to 200 people.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
In Spain I have large companies. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. After that, I did it for a private equity firm then we became a part of a larger corporation. How do you split equity? Edwin: I know.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Finance where needed. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. We need some visibility. Cut where needed.
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