Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. Will this Trend Last? In my mind there is no doubt this a lifetime trend. The press will romance the topic and then spurn it.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Greetings from Crete, Greece Reply Jerry Ji , on April 10, 2009 at 11:09 am Said: Simply _THE BEST_ war story I’ve read in months. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Thanks so much for sharing such stories.

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

Am I delusional to think that we’re not going to feel the effects of Greece in Europe or any of the other macroeconomic problems? Money is available for start-ups in Europe and in my opinion, the consolidation of venture capital and the private equity scene is past the worst. Yet, let’s see the positive side of things.

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

And the “Uber of Greece” is in Greece – not exactly the next big market. The best way you can help them is build a big business with their backing, and that requires you to appear self-made. [I should mention that disclosure of participation in the Venture Capital Access Program is optional.]. Think bigger!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. But social unrest is created in harsh economic times and we’ve seen this in Greece before. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 31, 2010

A group of 80 venture capitalists traveled to Boston to urge Senator John Kerry and Representative Barney Frank, Democrats of Massachusetts, to exclude their business from the tax change, according to Jeffrey Bussgang, a partner at the Boston venture capital firm Flybridge Capital Partners." Um.here's the problem.

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