When Money Isn’t Enough: How to Distinguish Yourself as a VC in a Crowded Market - SAPPHIRE Ventures
How do VCs differentiate themselves when there is plenty of capital available? Beezer Clarkson outlines 7 ways VCs are working to differentiate themselves.
Angel Tax: startups and investors are running out of patience after CBDT cracks whip despite DPIIT assurances
After Travel Khana and Babygogo saw the money in their bank accounts taken by the taxman, the startup ecosystem is considering drastic workarounds if the DPIIT doesn’t act soon.
Clearly Buffett views Seritage as a value-add real estate play but he surely knows that Eddie Lampert is in control and value investors like Buffett should know that “he who has the gold, makes all of…
Shopping Center REITs: Good Riddance To The Retail Apocalypse
Shopping Center REITs have surged more than 13% over the past quarter, bouncing back after a rough 2017. Powered by improving economic growth, fundamentals have inflected higher in recent quarters.It'
The stars aligned for a blowout holiday shopping season, and it delivered. Shoppers returned to brick-and-mortar retailers, sending sales higher by 4-6% above 2016.The strong holiday season, however,
I get asked this question a lot and while the real answer is “I have absolutely no idea,” I thought I’d make something up here so I at least have a place to send people who ask me this question (as…
Founder Institute: World's premier idea-stage accelerator & startup launch program.
For aspiring and idea-stage entrepreneurs up to the challenge, the Founder Institute provides a comprehensive step-by-step program to launch a startup, support from to startup mentors, and a global ne…
New Ventures BC promotes entrepreneurship through innovation. We run the annual Innovate BC-New Ventures Competition, offering $275,000+ in prizes to BC startups.
A look at the Venture Capital industry heading into 2020. Some have questioned whether the industry has a future. This deck does a detailed look at where the i…
When it comes to raising a debut VC fund, it pays to have experience
First-time fund managers with previous VC or founder experience go on to raise a second fund 66% of the time—more often than their counterparts who are new to the game.
In general, I’ve been hesitant to write about VC industry dynamics and instead much prefer to opine on companies, industries, or behavior shifts. I think this is because (a) I simply don’t know how…
The size of seed rounds are growing as seen in Mattermark’s recent investment report, which has brought on the rise of pre-seed funds looking to be the first money in to a startup before they raise a …