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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

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We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would.

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How R&D Investment Grows Your Business

ReadWriteStart

Investment in research and development, in turn, means allocating and using finances to support this process with technology solutions, scientific and tech talents, equipment, etc. These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. Consider Fayrix Your Trusted Partner. R&D statistics. Reasons for new product development.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

“Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.”

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Now they are partners. Who in the auto industry believed Tesla, a totally electric car, was a good idea? The collective wisdom of the establishment to this huge innovation?

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

I should have gotten on the partner train. I started the agency partner program that you passed on and built that up. billion in annual revenue and 40% of that, or roughly, I don't think they shut publicly that often, but about 40% of that is coming in through partners. That's one of my big regrets in life.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

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I had come from a world where I was nearly a partner at Accenture before starting my first company. I frequently travelled to Frankfurt, Germany but found it much cheaper to stay 20 minutes south of the city in Neu Isenberg. I traveled out there with our then head of sales & operations (and my business partner) Stuart Lander.

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