Myth : VC’s are risk takers Reality : VC’s are in the business of identifying and mitigating risk through due diligence, valuation, term sheet – economic provisions, control provisions. The VC process is slow deliberative and based on lots of information 0
Venturing Forward -Amazon
I received a presentation on “Raising Venture Capital” by Diane Mulcahy author of Venturing Forward a guide to Raising Equity Capital in Ireland. I have not read the book but the presentation was excellent. It gave some data on how Amazon got started. Entrepreneur : Q3 94 – Founder Jeff Bezos got started investing $10k […]
Meetup at TieCon (Bay area)
I am going to be at the TiEcon SV later this week — would love to catch up if any of the venturewoods subscribers are there, 0
VC Quiz at Forbes
I came across a VC quiz at Frobes that was very interesting. The quizes describe a venture situation and ask you to vote if the Venture thrive or die. I found the Quiz 4 Interesting: NEW YORK – Think you can sniff out a promising young company? Read the following preliminary analysis of an unnamed […]
Microsoft Imagine Cup 2006
The finals of this global competition are being held in Delhi. See link. When I was in Citibank in India ( 1981-1989) I remember a couple of firms that are quite big to day getting started because Citibank agreed to be their first customers. Building on this thought it may be possible for the Band […]
Getting Started
I keep getting approached by entrepreneurs who have not done the basic steps before trying to raise angel funding. I thought it may be useful to put down a basic checklist. My checklist follows. 1. Incorporate the company that is seeking funding 2. Get a good law firm and have basic documentation in place 3. […]
Just in Time
Do most entrepreneurs in India prefer just in time capital raising and spending ? In my experience in Silicon Valley keeping a large capital cushion was considered quite important and after the initial proving stage, spending on say office space , key talent etc was done rapidly. The just in time approach minimizes dilution. I […]
Survey for India-based startups
Hi everyone, I am doing some research on cultural differences in startup organizations across India, Japan and the US. If you have been involved with a startup which was started in India, please take this survey. I really appreciate it. http://www.hubspot.com/HubSpotSurvey/TakeSurvey.asp?SurveyID=3JMn73124p63G If you were involved with a startup in the US, you can help me […]
Dubai Ports and Indian Companies Expanding in the West
Summary: Indian companies will be able to make significant acquisitions in the US and Western Europe despite the collapse of the Dubai ports deal. Two factors will influence cross border Indian M&A: 1) Industry of Acquisition Target; 2) Mittals’ Handling of the Arcelor situation Introduction: Since the collapse of the Dubai Ports deal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Ports_World_controversy), many […]
Indian 3D animation in Cannes
Here’s a link to a news item – 3D Bollywood goes to Cannes– I picked up today morning. Looks like another story – Indian animation outsourcing – is moving towards maturity. With the depth and variety of content we have in India, not to mention, a population completely bonded with Bollywood, cricket and music, we […]