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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. There were startups and a software industry but barely. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. What happened? There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

In class 1 , we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, military power, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. Moore’s Law & the Global Semiconductor Industry. And after two decades focused on counter terrorism, the U.S.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

The valuations were too high! We’re at a new watermark because there are now global assets deployed and as the sun peeks out so to do the riders and the revenue. This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership.

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Low-Cost Business Ideas for 2022

ReadWriteStart

trillion globally, and social media has become the backbone of many businesses looking to build brand awareness. Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9 Implement enterprise resource planning software to customize and automate the process straight away.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the 2023 Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

6- Datafication Photo Credit: Edward Mellett Datafication, in my perspective, is the transformation of everything in our lives into data-powered devices or software. 13- Sustainability and ethical investing Photo Credit: Zach Larsen I'm really excited to see how technology will continue to shape the personal finance space in 2023.

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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

ReadWriteStart

As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. What Has Changed in Financing? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.