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Can online classrooms help the developing world catch up?

admin — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:58:48 +0000

We’re excited to have Bill Gates as our guest editor in February. Throughout the month, Bill will be sharing his vision of how technology will revolutionize life for the world’s poor by 2030 by narrating episodes of the Big Future, our animated explainer series.

Multiple Directions On Valuation Multiples

admin — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:26:28 +0000

Private company valuation is as much art as science, and sometimes as much alchemy as chemistry. Among the few reliable and well-worn guidelines to follow are public companies and recent M&A multiples. This is why we spend so much time refining, tracking and parsing the multiples we use.

Europe creates 30 $1bn-plus tech firms since 2000

admin — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:39:21 +0000

Europe has produced 30 technology companies worth more than $1bn (£590m) since the millennium, according to research that explodes the myth that the region’s internet entrepreneurs lack vision and sell up too early.

These Utah College Students Have Millions Of Dollars To Invest In Your Startup

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:28:03 +0000

Twenty-one-year-old Dominic Callas is not your typical venture capitalist. The Westminster College student spends 20-30 hours a week sourcing and researching possible deals at an $18 million venture fund run almost entirely by students.

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:26:28 +0000

Deutsche Firmen verschlafen die Digitalisierung

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:34:48 +0000

Dass sie unterwegs sind in eine neue vernetzte Welt, haben Deutschlands größte Unternehmen erkannt. Nur angekommen sind sie noch lange nicht. Daimler-Chef Dieter Zetsche weiß, welche Botschaften die Technikfreaks auf der Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas mitreißen.

What Just Happened? – AVC

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:18:01 +0000

I’m not much for the rear view mirror. I like to look forward, not back. I guess that’s why I’m in the line of work I’m in. But I’m going to force myself to look back at 2014 and explain what just happened.