There are a couple of research reports out today which indicate the impact of a number of different variables on the likely success of a startup. As with cooking in the kitchen, having the right ingredients doesn’t guarantee success, and equally a good cook can make a great meal out of almost anything, but [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-22 http://goo.gl/fb/3MC07 # Apple is closing on deals with record labels for streaming service, unclear if it will be a Spotify style sub model http://tcrn.ch/jTkXLc # The worlds leading social businesses: an infographic http://goo.gl/fb/XKoJY # Welcome Conversocial to the DFJ Esprit portfolio http://goo.gl/fb/tMOtt # @KieranO thanks in reply to [...] Bill Gurley put a great post up on Tuesday which discusses valuation drivers, and why different businesses achieve very different revenue multiples. It is no coincidence that he covers much of the same ground as I did in last week’s 50 Questions post on barriers to entry. The whole post is a good [...] Mark Littlewood, the organiser of Money in Mobile forum has kindly offered a free ticket to the reader who can come up with the best question to ask on the day. He put it like this: I thought it might be fun to offer a ticket as a prize for an Equity Kicker reader [...] I will be a judge at the Money in Mobile Forum on June 14th. Mark Littlewood of the BLN always puts on a good show and this one looks to be no different. The theme of making money out of mobile is an important one and Mark has got a decent line [...] Nicholas Lovell just put up a great post answering the question What does a VC care about? It is the latest in our series of 50 Questions you should ask before raising venture capital. He covers the topics of obsession with downside risk, exit and other matters, but I particularly liked his comment [...] You have probably seen the news today that Twitter has acquired Tweetdeck for $40m, ending a month or two of wrangling between Twitter and Ubermedia over the business. As well as being an interesting saga in its own right and a good result for Tweetdeck the whole affair is a good illustration of the [...] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15 http://goo.gl/fb/cqWyh # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15 http://goo.gl/fb/yqNJI # "Google Bullies OEMs Over What Can And Can’t Appear On Android Devices" – http://tcrn.ch/jLvi5Q – shared from @Taptu # When consumer internet companies should get a business model http://goo.gl/fb/yFIvQ # @adamblottr I considered the Samsung but it runs Android [...] |
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