Oliver Thylmann's Stuff

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Valuation always comes out in the wash & other lessons from Spinvox - azeem.azhar

Valuation always comes out in the wash: You can raise massive tranches of capital with a good name, smart advisors and a slick presentation. And some of it may be on lenient terms. But as an entrepreneur, you then set the bar for your success extremely high.

very good post and read the comments too. Good ones.

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Even if there are some legitimate business cases there, anything reeking of scam is going to get passed over by VC’s.

Why Are There Simply Deals We Won’t Do - Babbling VC - I really hope so!

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Add Another Zero

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FeldThoughts/~3/sYIBZjzalCE/add-another-zero.html

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Cascading leverage - nice term!
Talking about scale and growth is hard.  Many people talk in percentages in pre-determined time periods (e.g. let’s grow revenue 100% next year). …

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The VC business is not about grabbing the largest slice of the pie. It is about getting involved with very big pies. If you let your need for the biggest piece keep you out of the pie eating contest, you will lose eventually.

The ‘We Need To Own’ Baloney Again and Again I like what Fred Wilson is saying.

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How A Failed Poach Could Cost Mike Volpi The Skype Deal

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/LfQCgQZS4ak/

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The Value of a good dev ;)
Yesterday, the already very public fight for Skype entered yet another round, with the publication of recent filings of a motion for preliminary…

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