The 2020 SPAC Boom
As the global economy continues to stagger through the tumult of 2020, the financial markets have been busy innovating new ways to generate excitement amid the turmoil. One four-letter word in particular keeps making headlines: SPAC.
'We Back Great Teams': What Do VCs Really Mean?
Management team evaluation is the next great frontier in venture capital. Venture capitalists often proudly proclaim that they invest in founders and entrepreneurs, not ideas.
Peter Thiel, Dave McClure, Sam Altman Head To Saudi Arabia
Famed venture capitalists Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Dave McClure (500 Startups) and Sam Altman (Y Combinator) spoke alongside Bill Gates and Cisco CEO John Chamber at the MiSK Global Forum in Saudi Arabia.
Real Estate Entrepreneur Joins Ranks Of Chinese Billionaires
I'm a senior editor and the Shanghai bureau chief of Forbes magazine. Now in my 14th year at Forbes, I compile the Forbes China Rich List, Hong Kong Rich List and Taiwan Rich List. I was previously a...
Brennan Potts Leads A New Generation Into Energy Industry
Even with oil prices plummeting, fracking is a boom industry. That opportunity has attracted a fresh generation of energy entrepreneurs like Brennan Potts, cofounder of Titanium Exploration Partners. The firm has raised $300 million in private equity funding and amassed interests in over 25,000 acres and 100 wells...
What You Should Know About Medina Capital’s $182M Fund
Terremark founder Manny Medina, who sold his company Terremark to Verizon in 2011, speaks to entrepreneurs at the LAB Miami on Oct. 21, 2014....
Why London's Entrepreneurs Threatened to Leave Capital?
Almost half of London’s most successful entrepreneurs have considered moving out of the capital as rising house prices, rents and increased transport costs continue to discourage talent....
Customer discovery is most important for starting up: Sanjay Nath
In an interview with yourstory.com, Raju Reddy, Founder, Sierra Atlantic & Chairman, BITSAA International along with Sanjay Nath, MD, Blume Ventures spoke about BITS Spark Angels and campus startup ecosystems in India.
Reddy said that, the vision of BITs is to become one of the top three entrepreneurship schools in Asia. He also said that the BITS Spark Angels strives to provide funding, mentoring and networking solutions to the start-ups.
Sanjay Nath said, now-a-days the ideas are coming from the campus itself with young people taking up entrepreneurship. Also the general mood of joining a startup has improved.