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Intermezzo, my life in Canada and Ivey – December 2009

1 Dec Filed under Education, Food for thoughts, Fun, Images, Networking. 1 Comment.

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 →

Ex Post Facto - Entrepreneurs in the US

Recipe for a Silicon Valley: Entrepreneurs

16 Aug Filed under Education, Food for thoughts, Networking, Private Equity, Startups, Venture Capital. 1 Comment.

I’ve just read news from Revista Exame, a prestigious Brazilian weekly magazine, which talks about the new generation of entrepreneurs in Brazil. According to it, there are 10 million of Brazilian entrepreneurs and the new generation of entrepreneurs are creating companies because they believe they … Read More →

Startups and Venture Capitalists Beware

Read it later: Startups and Venture Capitalists Beware

19 May Filed under Education, Food for thoughts, Links, Presentations, Readings. No comments.

  I found an interesting post from Matt Eventoff (http://www.matteventoff.com) about how entrepreneurs should be careful of how to communicate to venture capitalists.  He tell us that entrepreneurs should get a central message and practice the presentation.  Basically, a lot of entrepreneurs do not get … Read More →

Article: Do Web Entrepreneurs Still Need Venture Capitalists?

19 May Filed under Food for thoughts, Readings, Venture Capital. No comments.

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 →

Some interesting sites: 2009 April 12

12 Apr Filed under Links. No comments.

Load Impact - check how well you website can handle heavy workload @ http://loadimpact.com/ Seedcamp – check an entrepreneur event where you can meet with a lot of interestign people with interesting ideas @ http://seedcamp.com/ Chocolate Cookies – I made some cookies today with this recipe @ http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolateCookies.html … Read More →

External post: Valuation from the entrepreneur’s point of view

11 Apr Filed under Readings. No comments.

This is a great general post about how entrepeneurs can value better their companies. I think I will create my next posts based on this. http://blog.startupprofessionals.com/2009/04/startup-valuation-top-ten-techniques.html