Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

“While this is a tough environment for companies, we see it as an opportunity to pause, take stock and consolidate,” said GV Ravishankar, managing director of Sequoia India. How has your investment strategy changed? Compared to 2019, what were the most notable investment trends in India in 2022?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you get into the best deals it has never been a better time to be a VC or LP, and the best have developed strategies to capture more value Given that the best deals are pushing out their exit dates it means that many firms aren’t seeing as quick of liquidity as they might have 20 years ago. But there are clear pro’s and con’s.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

there is even more pressure (and opportunity!) E-commerce presents a massive opportunity for small businesses that need to remain connected to their existing patrons and attract a wider audience to make up for any lost revenue from earlier in the year. new and casual online buyers into regular online shoppers. ?As eclipse any previous?sales?records,?meaning?there

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) UAE chapter.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Who: Magnify Consulting What: Sales strategy, CRM, outsourced, tradeshows NZ HQ: Wellington Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Sales strategy + sales process Get set up for sales success. At Magnify, we help founders of SMEs to grow a healthy sales pipeline without the risk of hiring.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS Bits v atoms It’s important to recognize that while the impact that generative AI can have on “bits” is substantial—since generative AI can “manipulate” those bits very easily—we’re probably too early to see a massive opportunity in “atoms” businesses. Virtually every Fortune 500 company is focused on an AI strategy today.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In 2019 alone, the robotics space saw roughly 600 venture-backed fundraising rounds, while construction companies successfully raised roughly 200 venture rounds. Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Geography does not determine success—it may surface some unique challenges, but it also gives unique opportunities. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created. It’s a winning, and demonstrated strategy, that can be tremendously impactful to bringing new dollars in.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 30, 2022

Register Asian investment specialist Fullerton has successfully closed its first round of fundraising for a Thai direct private equity strategy at $100 million. The strategy seeks to invest in eight to 12 mid-sized companies in Thailand. Eventually, the strategy seeks to secure returns through a sale of the portfolio company or an IPO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Levin joined Heartcore Capital in 2019 from Global Founders Capital, the billion-dollar VC arm of Rocket Internet, where he was responsible for investments in Canva, Heyjobs, Instarem, Anyfin and others. Adopt a “hire slow, fire fast” mentality for your expansion strategy. Levin Bunz. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

That’s a 21 percent increase from the same seven-day period in 2019. Good entrepreneurs use the hidden opportunity of recession times to supplement their income or launch a new venture for a variety of reasons. There’s more innovation opportunity. This void presents opportunities for individuals and startups to step in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. In the end, information from the likes of Maxime Bayen and Briter Bridges made 2019 numbers look like child’s play. In Africa, the first two unicorns were Jumia (in 2016) and fintech giant Interswitch (in 2019). billion and $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. Are there any unique strategies that you would recommend we explore?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

And in recent years there’s been a growing number of startups which aim to give more people access to a wider array of investment opportunities. That’s up from $600 million invested on its platform from more than 100,000 members in February 2019, at the time of its last raise. So it’s even more compelling to them to tap into U.S.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

As per a prediction made by IDC (International Data Corporation), by 2019, 40% of digital transformation initiatives will be supported by some sort of cognitive computing or AI effort. AI-enabled customer journey analytics can sift through a much, much larger and more complex data space and thereby uncover many more business opportunities.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

For example, my EDO had “7 wins” (companies that relocated) in 2018, but only “1 win” in 2019. Does this mean we were less successful in 2019? We rocked it in 2019, but our metrics don’t capture the true nature of our work. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As Latin America attracts record-breaking venture capital totals, education technology startups in the region are given new opportunities to grow. Since 2019, Coderhouse has grown revenue 10x year over year, and has reached a $12 million run-rate. The two companies differ in strategy. based edtech firm.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

users with a safe and simple way to trade options, and give them more flexibility to use new strategies,” Assia said. “We We believe that options can offer retail investors opportunities to generate returns in today’s more challenging market environment. million at the end of 2019, 17.5 Scaling our U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

for companies that grew 30%-50% since 2019, compared to just +2.9x More importantly, are there strategies or tactics that management teams can employ to optimize for this type of outcome? With average EV/revenue multiple up +28.5x for companies that grew over 50% and +9.9x for those that grew by 10%-30%.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

And Gernert said there also opportunities to add more commerce-related data to Parse.ly, since Automattic also owns WooCommerce. founders Sachin Kamdar and Andrew Montalenti are joining WPVIP, with Kamdar leading go-to-market strategy for Parse.ly ” WordPress and Parse.ly customers while also making more Parse.ly

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 29, 2024

Update of Article dated July 7, 2019 Entrepreneurs too often work alone, missing opportunities to accelerate their pathway to success When starting or growing a new business the small business owner or entrepreneur should keep in mind that they are entering a lifelong pursuit of professional and personal growth.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Having a sustainable and systematic customer acquisition strategy is an essential component of success for any organization, especially as a startup. If you have a product or service to sell, you need a customer acquisition strategy. A good strategy will help you grow in a targeted and cost-effective way to attract the right customers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The new fund builds upon SoftBank’s $5 billion Latin America Fund, which was first announced in March 2019 and was formerly called the Innovation Fund with an initial $2 billion in committed capital. “Fund II will explore options to raise additional capital,” SoftBank said in a statement. billion in 48 companies with a fair value of $6.9

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Global Speakers Academy (GSA)was launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing together members from across the globe and world-class speaker coaches for an intense and immersive 4.5-day Andrea Heuston : I have had so many incredible speaking opportunities since attending GSA—more than I can count!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 2, 2020

For tips and guidance on the topic, we recently talked with Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) members who launched podcasts in 2019. He kicked off his daily podcast in early 2019. Using this platform was an opportunity to get in early on a platform that others weren’t yet taking advantage of,” he explains. “To

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

This continues the firm’s strategy from its first fund which raised $15 million and started deploying in 2019. “I would say that money trickled in a lot more strongly in 2019 when I raised Fund I,” Winfield said. Winfield isn’t fully avoiding the hype though.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“We’re seeing tremendous demand on the enterprise and government side,” said Gabe Dalporto, Udacity’s CEO who joined the company in 2019. At some point we will look at that but it needs to be linked to our strategy.” Now it’s time to build out a sales team to go after them.”

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Different apps and software tools quickly took charge of the opportunity. Take this opportunity to evaluate these aspects on both individual and organizational levels. According to a 2019 survey, only 13 percent of companies reported using collaboration software. Promote transparent and effective communication. And fear not!

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Wiliot — the IoT startup that has developed a new kind of processor that is ultra thin and light and runs on ambient power but possesses all the power of a “computer” — has picked up a huge round of growth funding on the back of strong interest in its technology, and a strategy aimed squarely at scale.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

All these apps mushroomed after India banned TikTok over cybersecurity concerns in mid-2020 to cash in on the opportunity. It plans to replicate the same strategy as it looks to expand in international markets, VerSe Innovation said. Josh competes with scores of short video apps, including Moj and MX TakaTak.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When it launched in April 2019 in Japan, the Riiid Tutor app took the top ranking in sales among education applications in Android within the first week of its release. . By leveraging this investment, we will capture broader Japanese market opportunities. Riiid claims that more than 2.5

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 29, 2023

I knew it might be a huge opportunity.” It was also what allowed him to achieve success with the restaurant’s Tokyo branch, which opened doors in 2019. He shared with us three strategies any local restaurant brand should adopt when expanding into an overseas market. Have you seen queues for Taiwanese food in Tokyo?”

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

It’s a thought provoking question and a good opportunity to ask for feedback on how we can imrove. 2018 and 2019 exceeded the heady days of 2000 in terms of dollars deployed. Some firms run multiple strategies: different industries, geographies, and stages, akin to PE specialization and diversification.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

And now, the early-stage VC firm is announcing its largest fund closures to date: Kaszek Ventures V, a $475 million early-stage fund, believed to be the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region, and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity II, a $525 million for later-stage investments.

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