Inside the Mind of Investors: How Market Type Shapes Funding Decisions When founders pitch to investors, they’re often laser-focused on their product, team, and traction. But there’s one critical factor seasoned investors evaluate before the first slide: market structure. Whether your business plays in a perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, or oligopoly shapes everything—from your […]
The digital age has made it easier than ever before to open a startup business. But with the current age of new technologies, every week comes challenges in the way malicious parties are using these new technologies to attack businesses of all sizes. Now, even startups need to consider cybersecurity measures to protect their data […]
Ashton Kutcher: The Hollywood Heartthrob Who Became a Billion-Dollar Startup Whisperer Most people know Ashton Kutcher from hit shows like That '70s Show and Two and a Half Men, but behind his Hollywood charm lies a sharp and savvy business mind. Kutcher has quietly become one of the most successful celebrity investors in tech history, […]
The Most Significant Disappointments in Transportation for 2024: From Apple Car to Fisker, Industry Shifts and Challenges 2024 has been a year of significant turmoil in the transportation and mobility sector. While autonomous vehicles (AVs) and electric vehicle (EV) startups were once hailed as the future of transportation, this optimism has been tempered by harsh […]
It can certainly be said that businesses have had to face a very significant level of economic turmoil in recent years. The Covid-19 pandemic along with its long-enforced lockdowns was an enormous challenge for all industries, but this was only compounded by further problems such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an unsteady political […]
The statistics for starting a successful business in the UK are grim. There’s no other way to put it. About 600,000 new companies are founded in the UK each year. Most fail. In fact, the majority never celebrate their third birthdays. The media is good at reminding founders of this. Headlines announcing a dearth of […]
Unicorn Hunting with Cornelius in the Valuation Swamp “Keep the money together” was proud Staten Island native Cornelius Vanderbilt’s very last words to his family. Following that heart-warming goodbye, he took his final breath of cold air at the beginning of 1877’s lethal winter, which later became known as the “Big Die-Up.” Although no unicorns died that […]
The global market is still growing at breakneck speeds, and according to Crunchbase data, the total VC funding has grown from $335 billion in 2020 to $643 billion in 2021. That’s a staggering growth rate of 92% in a year. Although it’s great to see that the market is expanding and more innovative companies are […]
We speak with Alexandra Kobler who currently serves as the CEO of Die Bodenschmiede - a flooring company in the building industry. After more than 20 years in management positions and most recently as a manager for KPMG, Alexandra founded Bodenschmiede in 2017 and now has 40 employees and freelancers working for the company. With a turnover of just under 5 million, the company is among the top 3 players in the field in Germany.
San Francisco is home to two of the great loves of my life: excellent wine and world-leading tech. As the founder of both an online wine store and a global tech platform, Napa and Silicon Valley speak to my passion for evolving and transforming human efficiency through tech advancement and a dry, medium-bodied Chardonnay.
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