Chim Kan

about 1 month ago - Entrepreneurship
The Pros Of Going Solo

I've never been an activist of anything. But after discovering and confirming my passion for startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital, I do have crystal clear opinions about a lot o...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Part 4 (Final) A Vc Firm Makes Money A...

In the last post, I promised that I was going to explain the four exiting events: - IPO Initial public offering (IPO) is the act of issuing a company's shares to t...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Part 3 A Vc Firm Makes Money Accel And...

In this third post, I'm going to explain why venture capital firms invest in stages and not in a one-time-big-investment and why Facebook is receiving rounds of investments. Venture ca...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Part 2 A Vc Firm Makes Money Accel And...

Remember from the last post:

"At the end, we see that Peter Thiel got XXXX % (I can't find the info, but this does not matter in our discussion of how a VC firm makes money r...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Part 1 A Vc Firm Makes Money Accel And...

Background information: Accel Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm. It invests in many industries such as Computing, Consumer Interne...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Using Venture Capital Method Valuation To ...

Many of you remember that Microsoft paid $ 240 million for 1.6 percent of Facebook . Th...

about 1 month ago - Vc
Solution: Leonardo Needs Return Of 30% Ins...

Remember from our last post. - Carlos told us that his company has 5,000,000 shares outstanding. Leonardo wants 30% ...