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The Changing Venture Landscape

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how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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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. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? Let’s deploy faster!

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

TechCrunch

Other investors include Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures. mPharma was originally founded in 2013 by Rockson , Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane to manage prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, retail pharmacy operations and provide market intelligence to hospitals, pharmacies and patients.

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São Paulo’s QuintoAndar real estate platform raises $120M, now valued at $5.1B

TechCrunch

With the extension, the startup has now raised more than $700 million since its 2013 inception. Ribbit Capital led the first tranche of its Series E. We’re receptive to the idea but our core strategy is to focus on organic growth and our own innovation and accelerate that,” Braga said. Why raise more money so soon?

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4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

Finding the right balance between keeping costs in check and not underinvesting can mean doing things more slowly than your board would like. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. For example, you might launch new markets sequentially instead of rolling 10 out at the same time.

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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

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Board Meetings. If you’re not taking this zone-out down time I’ll bet you’re not having enough strategic reflection on your job, your company, your strategy. Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital?