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Valleys of the East – The VC industry
It is hard to find an industry that is as highly centralized as the Venture Capital industry: centralized in the US, and specifically in one street in Silicon Valley: Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park....
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Valleys of the East – Innovative Startups in Asia
The VC landscape varies significantly across the different ‘Valleys of the East”, the Silicon Valley type areas that have started to develop across Asia. Shaped by their respective economy, culture,...
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It’s The Numbers That Count
The language of business is finance. For every ten words, you need one number. If you don’t, you’ll easily get fluffy. This notion rings true not only for listed corporations; it is just as valid for...
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Business Model Economics for Startups
As explained in my previous post, it is the numbers that count. It is the business model economics that decide whether the business is viable. Hence, it is crucial to carefully define and communicate...
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What Do You Mean … Strategy?
Many entrepreneurs love technology, love programming, and love product development. They do not love strategy. Strategy is often seen in a negative light: fluffy slide-ware that is developed in the...
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How to Raise Seed Funding In Asia?
Most people love TechCrunch and VentureBeat. And all those other online media that tell us that it is easy to raise a $5M Series A round when your startup is not even generating revenue. But is this...
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Raising Seed and Series A Rounds
My previous post laid out a simple structure for a pitch deck. Ten slides only. Easy enough right? Not really. The thinking, analysis, and work that goes on behind the scenes before you can articulate...
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Leveraging the Cloud for operational & financial streamlining of your business
It is well known that Cloud enables startups to launch with lower costs, get to market faster, and scale up more easily. In India, companies that have benefited from Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Cloud...
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Leveraging the Cloud for operational & financial streamlining of your...
The previous post explained how late-stage VC’s and PE firms are increasingly working together with the CFO’s of their portfolio companies to drive value creation through financial and operational...
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How innovation in the cloud can power margin growth
Growing your business while shrinking your costs. How do you do that? This post explores how technical and commercial innovation help startups increase their margin and ultimately reach profitability....
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