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Week 25: Midterms, Cost of Capital and Founders in Rounds
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 5 (25), Winter quarter This midterm week was quite light for classwork – as my elective set happened to have no actual midterm exams. There was some time to think...
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Week 26: Debt, Seed Money, Private Equity and Firing Founders
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 6 (26), Winter quarter The picture reflects the exact view I have from where I’m sitting posting this. When you live in Northern Europe, “good snowy ski weather”...
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Week 27: Tech IPOs, Seed Investing, Bankruptcies & International Trade
Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 7 (27), Winter quarter After the public holiday last Monday (which I realized could not have been more eclectic between sick kid babysitting, running, building a...
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Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Weeks 8-9 (28-29), Winter quarter So there: it takes about 28 weeks in Stanford to finally have someone mention Europe in any other context than a semi-joke about Greek...
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Stanford GSB Sloan Study Notes, Week 10 (30), Winter quarter Originally planning out March I was quite sure that next week will be a complex one, after all, it is still labelled in calendar as the...
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First Decade of #SkypeMafia
On August 29th Skype is celebrating its birthday. As it did as a small European-rooted startup, so it does as a product in the portfolio of Microsoft. This time it is a round one, too: first 10 years....
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VC Funds Go Where Immigrants Come From
Thinking about the linkages between US and European tech investment and startup scenes ahead of the Slush conference in 10 days, I found an interesting paper: Deal or No Deal: The Growth of...
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On Bridges, Part 1: Realizing how Europe and Silicon Valley are drifting apart
This post is 1st of 3 in the series aimed at discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could contribute to and gain more from each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I...
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On Bridges, Part 2: Why Should Europe Care for Silicon Valley
This post is 2nd of 3 discussing ways Silicon Valley and European tech scene could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in November 2013 –...
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On Bridges, Part 3: What Can Europe Give to Silicon Valley?
This is the final post of 3 contemplating how Silicon Valley and European tech scenes could get closer to each other. The series are an expansion of a short speech I gave at Slush conference in...
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