Defying the conventions of Silicon Valley VC firms
It’s amazing that in 2020, many Silicon Valley VC firms are still overfeeding monsters, instead of putting them on a more nutritional diet. Let’s discuss it
Tag: Venture Capital
What is a startup these days anyway?
So what is a startup actually anyway? Everyone and his/her dog have an opinion on the definition of a startup, but actually its not so easy to provide one definitive answer.
Save the date – Scale-up Greece Meetup on January 9th
Calling all you dreamers, doers, startuppers and investors. Everybody stop what you’re doing and listen. Get your diaries out and pencil in the inaugural Scale-up Greece Meetup in there for January 9th. The time? At 7 pm, or 19:00 hrs.
EquiFund 2018 – Two risks and one huge opportunity
In recent months, all the key players at the heart of Greek entrepreneurship are talking about the EquiFund program. And with good reason.
How Venture Capital can reverse the great Greek brain drain
Can Venture Capital really end the Greek brain drain? The short answer, in our humble opinion, is yes.
Do successful founders of startups need to be young and in Silicon Valley?
The short answer to the above question is no. Surprised? Well you shouldn’t be. Let me give you the long answer on this always-hot topic for startups. “Young people are just smarter,” said a certain Mark Zuckerberg in 2007. Yes, but that doesn’t necessarily make them more successful entrepreneurs.
Welcome to Starttech, Lefteris Bibakis
So here we are, the business end of 2017. Most companies are typically winding down for the holidays at this time of year. Or simply making sure they have their end-of-year-report ducks in a row. Not us. We have growth on our mind.
European startups are just fine, and a paradigm shift is coming in 2018
On the face of it, I can give you 19 billion reasons why European startups are doing better than ever. Because that’s the record amount of money (in USD) they stand to receive from global investors by the end of this year.
The lost art of capital efficiency
Capital efficiency. It’s almost become a dirty phrase in recent years. A lost art, if you like.
What VC’s want from Angel Investors, and vice versa
What did they Angel Investor say to the VC firm? “We’re not so different you and I.”And you know, something. It’s not at all far from the truth.