More zoom, less doom?
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Silicon Valley investors insist that a startup is a credible business before they will part with funding. European investment hubs like Berlin and Scotland take a different approach.
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There is a lack of women guiding the booming fintech industry.
Immigrant entrepreneurship has a substantial positive impact on innovation in the high-tech sector.
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New research has found that technology startups with immigrant founders are more likely to pursue an exit strategy during the initial revenue stage — which is more profitable, but also more risky.
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Australian startup MilkRun may have attracted more than $85 million in venture capital but it always had a challenging business model.
Serena Williams has her eyes on Nigeria in a new venture.
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Serena Williams’s investment in a Nigerian digital company shows why the country’s technology sector is attractive.
Serena Wiliams is on the board of a high-profile Spac.
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Both Spacs and bitcoin went rocketing up in price only to come crashing back down. And that’s not all they have in common.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution failed to deliver; it’s time that we put our faith once again in hard science.
Good governance is critical for growth. But Canadian startups haven’t yet got a handle on the importance of governance when seeking investors.
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Good business requires good governance, and startups require a particular kind of governance to help them grow and prosper. That’s why it’s so important for startups to get governance right early on.
Coronavirus losers.
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Investment in tech businesses is crumbling but the winners are eyeing up the losers.
‘Wanna great investment?’
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China rose to become the second biggest market for venture capital in the world. Then came COVID-19.
The U.S. may be ahead for now, but not by much.
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A recent executive order from President Trump won’t do much to help the US stay ahead of Chinese innovation and investment in AI.
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There are a lot of similarities between the state of tech companies today and when the 2000 dot-com bubble burst.
The Kavanaugh hearings were about the only thing Congress has done with a link to #MeToo.
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In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
Elon Musk has spoken to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund about taking Tesla private.
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Talk of Saudi Arabia helping Elon Musk take Tesla private is the latest example of a long line of sovereign wealth fund investments.
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Within the world of cryptocurrencies, ICOs are the way to raise funds – but without any government oversight.
What does it mean to be sophisticated?
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Ordinary people, startups and even the economy in general are being held back by an arbitrary distinction – what does it mean to be a “sophisticated investor”? It doesn’t need to be this way.
Australia is getting better at encouraging people to consider a startup.
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Australia is still far too ‘arms-length’ from the process of starting and growing companies.
The UK’s strong financial markets have always been attractive to startups but uncertainty might affect venture capital.
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Brexit’s presents some problems for startups in labour, trade and regulation but its not all bad.
Private equity IPOs can over-perform for investors.
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Private equity-backed floats may not deserve the bad reputation they have.
Large firms are setting up venture capital funds to help silo good ideas.
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Corporations that set up venture capital funds must choose wisely between internal or external fund structures.