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The Italian Startup Dilemma

as Europe takes off will the BelPaese be able to follow?

RegTech is real and 120+ startups to prove it

Thanks to all contributions and suggestions, please see below the updated…

How much do public SaaS companies charge their customers?

Contract sizes are one of the most important inputs into a SaaS company — the dollars that can be extracted per customer is critical to success. Is the annual price customers pay large enough to cover acquisition and operating…

In the Bitcoin ecosystem, the wallet is the strategic high ground.

One Year of Design at the World’s Largest VC Firm

5 Insights from 12 Months with over 50 Companies.

Every Startup CEO Should Read This

I recently tweeted the three simple jobs of a startup CEO.

A teardown of early stage investing in Colombia

Looking at what startup sectors have been funded, why they were chosen and what might happen next

fresh.fund | A Guide for the Perplexed

We gathered some Q&A’s to make things a little clearer for those of you who found themselves getting confused :-)

The Riddle Cracker’s Manifesto: Part 2

In Defense of the Founding CEO

Why Software Is Eating The World

ソフトウェアが世界を飲み込む

東南アジアのファッションEC近況

最近、東南アジアのファッションEC回りで色々と動きが出てきています。大きく３つの傾向が読み取れます。

1.レイオフ

Draper Tells Stories #1: The accelerator that is a startup.

On Dilution

When dilution comes up as a topic in a startup, most people’s faces turn sour. Before trying to answer why that is, let’s answer *what* it is. According to Investopedia, dilution refers to “a reduction in the ownership percentage of a share of stock caused by the issuance of new shares.”

Digital Health: The Transformation of a 3 Trillion Dollar Industry

Is the IPO option “back” for Canadian companies?

By Michael Kousaie, Head of Business Development at…

And the Samaipata family keeps on growing!

Pablo Ferreras joins us as CFO

Some (simple) thoughts on how to build a successful startup ecosystem

The conundrum that cities around the world ponder continuously is “How do we build a successful startup ecosystem?”.

As private companies continue to succeed their risk will go down and so later rounds will be much less likely to get 10x returns. So I don’t think it’s surprising at all that many Unicorn financing rounds aren’t “triple crowns.” But it is surprising that many Unicorns never had such a round… bad news for the investors but maybe great for the founders who were able to get high valuations from early on?

How To Realise The Dream Of Cashless Economy In India?

Over the past two decades, India has pushed hard to become a less–cash society. India has made significant financial inclusion advancement in the past two years, but cash is still presiding. The payments sector in India is evolving…

2017 May Be Banner Year for IPOs. Or Not.

Let’s Realize Value Either Way

Though the public markets have seen some impressive debuts of technology companies over the years, 2016, has, thus far, been a notably dry year for IPOs. As 2017 approaches…

Fintech, its potential and magnitude cannot be ignored

Founder ownership and capital efficiency

Founders always care about ownership, sometimes a bit too much and often for the wrong reason. The good reason to care about ownership would be to align one’s own interest with that of the investors, to stay motivated. The bad reason would be for pure control…

When to Sell Your Startup

As entrepreneurs, we know the deal.

Success can mean a $500M+ exit, financial independence and the thrill of “making it” in the Valley. Others have done it — why not you or me?

Decoding Karnataka’s Multi-Sector Startup Policy

This blogpost has fed into our conversation about how/why Berlin can offer a different type of ecosystem. We welcome your feedback and ideas!

Online Secondhand Marketplace Jualo Secures Funding From Northstar Group

11st blog post: product iteration and sheet term

By iterating our product, it means that we have to improve our product from the customers’ feedbacks. My startup team might not evolves much since we can play monopoly in the market for now. But in the future there might be competitors in which…

Slowly, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs and Consumers is improving

Accessing capital for entrepreneurs is slowly becoming a problem of the past. While many entrepreneurs still face capital access challenges, there exist positive indicators that point to the improvements in…

Fastest Growing Startup Hubs (SF & NY didn’t make the cut)

Normally, you’d think the best place to build/launch a tech startup would be San Francisco or NY, right? These are the “hubs” of the startup scene; they have the resources, the talent, and the ecosystem, right? Wrong! I’d argue…

Paranoid Fan and the Journey to Startup Success

While they haven’t quite made the infamous 5, or even…