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2009

A collection of 12 issues

How a VC Firm Makes Money - Accel and Facebook Case Study - Part 1 of 4

Background information: Accel Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm. It invests in many industries such as Computing, Consumer Internet, and Energy (here are some other industries). Incredibly, Accel has invested in about 200 companies. It is based in Palo Alto, California and it also has offices in

Another Great Startable Tip: Making a Great Business Plan Pitch

Startable shared a neat and simple framework on how to make a great business plan pitch. It gives tips on how to write and organize a business plan. It shows what marketing data VCs are looking for in the business plan. Quick summary of the post: Passion - training and

Goldman Sachs’ DreamingWith BRICs: The Path to 2050

Dreaming with 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 Wilson and Purushothaman in Goldman Sachs’ Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050. Goldman and Sachs suggest that that if

How a VC Firm Makes Money - Accel and Facebook Case Study- Part 4 (Final)

This is the fourth installment of my series on How a VC Firm Makes Money. In my last post, I promised to explain the four “exiting events” a VC Firm may use to turn their investment in a company into money: 1. IPO Initial public offering (IPO) is the act

Fantastic Tool: Google News Timeline - Analysis of VC Industry Crisis

Another great tool from Google: Google News Timeline. Google News Timeline - Venture Capital results from 2001 All the news that you search can be displayed in a timeline! You can see the news in a more coherent way. It is much easier to build stories and check for historical

CNN’s article about Brazil’s high-tech hub in Sao Paulo

Brooklin - Sao Paulo - Brazil Brooklin is one of the high-tech hubs in Brazil. Many software and internet companies such as Microsoft and Terra have offices in Brooklin. Brooklin used to be a slum. The Brazillian government, along with private companies, invested a lot in Brooklin to make it

How a VC firm Makes Money - Accel and Facebook Case Study - Part 3

News about series funding or staged investments from venture capitalists This is the third post in my series on How a Venture Capitalist Firm makes money. Part one, two, and four, are also available. I’m going to explain why venture capital firms invest in stages rather thanin a one-time

Canadian Venture Capital Industry Guide

Associations, Networking, and Groups The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more than 450 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. The CVCA – Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association – represents the majority of private equity companies in Canada. It