This is very helpful for my New Venture Project timeline. Quick summary: Trying to raise money too late Trying to raise money too early Lacking a realistic assessment of the companys’ value Not building enough substance before approaching investors Not splitting the message into smaller … Read More →
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Another Great Startable Tip: Making a great business plan pitch
I should be studying for my final exams, but I couldn’t resist reading posts from Startable. This time, they are sharing a neat and simple framwork to make a great business plan pitch. After reading it, it actually gives us tips to how to write … Read More →
Should Google censor information on behalf of governments?
I was reading this news Google Faces A Different World in Italy from the New York Times and it is about Google’s criminal charges related to privacy in Italy. A senior executive in Italy may get to jail because of an outcry over an online video … Read More →
Hunch – What’s the best profession for me?
I was using Hunch this weekend to see how it works. It is a quiz guessing website. You make questions and it gives you its hunch about what the best thing is for you. I chose the What’s the best profession for me quiz. It … Read More →
Intermezzo, my life in Canada and Ivey – December 2009
I’m currently taking the MBA course at Ivey business school here in Canada. I started on August and it is impressive how many things we learned until now. I am very sure that I do not see business, organizations, finance, accounting and career management in … Read More →
Venture Capital Highlights – 2009 – Week 42
Compared to others Compared to others The Elevator Pitch Contest – MIT 100K Venture Investment Increases for Some Start-Ups
Venture Capital Highlights – 2009 – Week 41
How to choose your co-founders? Stanford and its $ 1 billion sell-off of private equity US investment in VC decreases to new low levels Potential recover for the VC industry
TiE Young Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition 2010
I love this competition. It is one of the firsts business competition towards students from 9-12. This business plan is hosted by Carolinas – The Global Network of Entrepreneurs and the award for the winning team is USD 10K. It is important to foster this … Read More →
Must the VC industry shrink?
There is an article from the Financial Posts (a prestigious finance newspaper in Canada) that backs the idea that there are too much money in the venture capital industry. It says almost the same thing from my older post that the VC industry must shrink … Read More →
Flashback: My technology news for Folha de S. Paulo
It is nostalgic to see some of my texts written for Folha de Sao Paulo in 2003, a prestigious newspaper in Brazil. I worked for a couple of time and I wrote technology news, such as new wireless and mobile services, reviews about new notebooks, … Read More →
New Funds Target Early Stage Startups
Summary: The number of new funds focused on bankrolling early-stage startups appears to be growing. Data from The Deal and other sources that focus on venture capital concluded that in the last six weeks that about $1.2 billion has been raised by firms for dedicated … Read More →
Super Angels and VCs
The importance of this article is the visibility it gives to the venture capital industry and specially in this economic downturn. I recommend reading it. Read more here: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_22/b4133044585602.htm
New Valuation for Facebook
Wow, this is increadible. Facebook is receiving $ 200 million for 1.96%! To calculate the post valuation, we just need to do this: X = post-valuation X = 200 million / 0.0196 = 10 204 million = $ 10 billion roughly. Amazing how this company … Read More →
Goldman Sachs’ DreamingWith BRICs: The Path to 2050
BRIC is an acronym which means the fast growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The BRIC concept was developed by Goldman Sachs’ Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050 article. The article states that if these countries follow some of the … Read More →
Article: Do Web Entrepreneurs Still Need Venture Capitalists?
There is a very interesting article about this question: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/do-web-entrepreneurs-still-need-venture-capitalists/ It basically says that given the lower cost to create web companies, the current venture capital model may not be attractive enough for those web entrepreneurs. It gives some examples such as the iPhone Apps developers … Read More →
Sadia and Perdigão became the biggest food company in Brazil
I’m posting this news because it is very impressive this merger of two most important food company in Brazil. It is going to create some market concentration concern. At the same time, it shows the M&A market potential of this country. Sadia and Perdigão are … Read More →
A Quick Trip in Toronto
36 Hours in Toronto - View 36 Hours in Toronto in a larger map Toronto is a very international and diverse city. It is one of the biggest city in Canada with 2.5 million of people (Greater Toronto has 5.6 million). I went there three … Read More →
New York Times interviewed Steven Ballmer about Leadership
Many of you may not like Microsoft, but most people are sure that Microsoft’s CEO, Steven Ballmer, has a strong leadership presence in the company and in the market. There is an interesting short interview from New York Time with Steven. He talks about leadership, … Read More →
Shrinking Venture Capital Market in Canada
The Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association released a report yesterday (May 12th) that the venture capital market continues to fall in the first quarter of 2009, continuing the shrinking trend from 2008. In the Canadian landscape, only $ 275 million … Read More →
Venture Capital Funds Return Still High
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) reported that venture capital performance showed positive returns across all investment horizons 3 years and longer for the period ending December 31, 2008. As you can see in the table, venture returns across all horizons outperformed public market indices, … Read More →
PCCW Case: Difficult Valuation
A lot of people who invested in PCCW during that time are losing significant amount of money now. Moreover, a lot of investors do not understand why the company shares declined during all these years, if the company is still doing well and … Read More →
Institutions Reduce VC Participation
Some pension funds and university endowments, which have been major sources of venture capital, have scaled back VC investments in the wake of market downturns. The $129 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest pension fund in the US, reduced its allocation for … Read More →
Plan Raises Venture Firms’ Taxes
President Obama’s budget proposal, announced in February 2009, aims to raise taxes on carried interest, which could cause taxes on venture capital profits to more than double. The proposal calls for taxing carried interest as ordinary income, which could result in a significantly higher rate … Read More →
VCs Reject Government Funds
Some venture capitalists oppose proposals that stimulus funds be channeled to their industry. In February 2009, hundreds of VCs across the US came out against a plan to use of bailout funds as a source of venture capital, according to the Wall Street Journal. The … Read More →
More Bad News for Venture Capital industry
It is quite impressive the amount of bad news from Venture capital industry. And at the same time, it is expected that this industry may suffer from the economic downturn. As many of you can recall, the dot-com burst impacted the venture capital industry much … Read More →
HSBC’s Pig Saving Ads Linked to Swine Flu’s News
Look what I found. HSBC’s ad with a pig linked to the Swine Flu News.
Venture Capitalists Continue to Take It Slow
Despite new signs of life in Silicon Valley, venture investing slowed in the first quarter. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/venture-capitalists-continue-to-take-it-slow/