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QR codes may be turning up in more places than ever these days, but are people actually using them? According to market research firm Comscore, at least some of them are -- 14 million in June in the US alone, to be specific, or about 6.2 percent of all smartphone users. As for who makes up that slice of the smartphone market, Comscore says that just over 60 percent are male, 53 percent are between the ages of 18 and 34, and 36 percent have a household income of $100k or more. Folks are also apparently more likely to scan QR codes at home than at a retail store, and magazines and newspapers edge out websites or product packaging when it comes to the top source of the QR code being scanned. So, not exactly an explosion in use, but still fairly impressive for a weird-looking barcode that was rarely seen outside of Japan until a few years ago.
Comscore finds 6.2 percent of smartphone users scan QR codes -- Engadget
Aneesh Chopra: The Government-Sponsored Entrepreneur?
Aneesh Chopra is the United States Chief Technology Officer and in this role serves as an Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology within the Office of Science & Technology Policy. He works to advance the President’s technology agenda by fostering new ideas and encouraging government-wide coordination to help the country meet its goals from job creation, to reducing health care costs, to protecting the homeland. He was sworn in on May 22nd, 2009. Prior to his appointment, he served as Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia from January 2006 until April 2009.
Wie arbeitet eigentlich ein VC? | Olaf Jacobi
Als ich noch selber Unternehmer und Gründer von Startups war, habe ich mich bei den Gesprächen mit VCs und bei den diversen VC-Runden oft gefragt, wie die internen Abläufe beim VC ausschauen. Heute kenne ich beide Seiten des Tisches und weiß aus eigener Erfahrung, wie ein VC arbeitet. Vielleicht hört sich er der Ablauf sehr strukturiert an und fast überorganisiert. Ich kann aber jeden Gründer beruhigen: Trotz des strukturierten Vorgehens können wir sehr schnell entscheiden. Die Struktur ist einfach sehr wichtig, um nichts zu übersehen. Wie also entscheiden Venture Capital Unternehmen, ob eine Geschäftsidee es wert ist, in sie zu investieren?
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You see many individuals flocking the ‘startup movement’ as the biggest new craze on Planet Earth. What you also see, is a lot of these individuals jumping ship left and right from one startup to another, only staying in one startup for a limited period of time. How would you feel about a potential partner,... Read more...
Grow Venture Community > Seed Funding Startups in The Virtual Silicon Valley
Wondering what your Pre-Money Value will be if a VC ever puts a term sheet on the table? Valuing a startup is intrinsically different from valuing established companies. Because of the high level of risk and often little or no revenues, traditional quantitative valuation methods like P/E comparables or discounting free cash flows are of little use.
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RedInvest ein Eigentümer geführtes Beteiligungs- und Beratungshaus mit Sitz in Wien. Das Unternehmen gehört der Firmengruppe der Familie Roth an und vereint damit Österreichische Leitbetriebe wie den Saubermacher-Konzern, die Roth Installateur-Betriebe und viele mehr hinter sich. RedInvest verfolgt bei seinen Projekten einen opportunistischen Investment-Ansatz und beteiligt sich in ausgewählten Fällen an innovativen Unternehmen aller Branchen mit substantiellem Wachstumspotenzial sowie in vereinzelten Fällen an Immobilienprojekten. Dabei sind wir kein klassisches Venture Capital Unternehmen, sondern unterstützen Projekte neben der bloßen Finanzierung auch mit unternehmerischer Erfahrung, unserem Netzwerk und Know-How.
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" I was impressed by the quality of the presentations and participants of the Tech Tour. It gave me confidence the entrepreneurial spirit is still there in Europe. I am convinced some of the presented companies will become real success stories in the coming years.
Mike Maples Talks Venture Capital And Thunder Lizards
J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995), and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny & Myers and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... → Learn More
DN Capital - venture capital company investing in digital media, communications and enterprise software firms
At DN Capital, our mission is to help companies become global leaders in their respective markets. We provide early-stage capital to entrepreneurs, and growth equity to fast-growing companies in the digital media, e-commerce and software sectors. Post investment, we leverage our global network to help portfolio companies develop and refine their strategic direction, recruit and retain management talent, establish distribution channels and partnerships, access reference accounts, secure follow-on financing and expand geographically. We are a Pan-European investor and look to invest up to €10 million per company depending on investment stage.Launch: AngelList, a curated list of angel investors - Venture Hacks
by Nivi on February 2nd, 2010Michael Klein joined Canaan Partners’ Menlo Park office in 2010 as an Investment Analyst on the technology team. He focuses on the firm’s digital media, mobile and cloud investments. Prior to joining Canaan, Michael served as an Associate in technology investment banking at ThinkEquity. While at ThinkEquity, Michael advised on and executed over 20 strategic and financing transactions for leaders in the technology sector including OpenTable, SuccessFactors, Xoom, On2 Technologies, SigmaTel and DG FastChannel. Michael received a BS in Business Administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University where he specialized in finance and accounting.
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At DFJ, we’re most interested in companies in fast-growing emerging markets, including information technology, nanotechnology, life sciences, and clean energy. We’re open to myriad ideas, as our wide-ranging portfolio indicates. Our mission: Fund companies that want to change the world.
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At DFJ, we’re most interested in companies in fast-growing emerging markets, including information technology, nanotechnology, life sciences, and clean energy. We’re open to myriad ideas, as our wide-ranging portfolio indicates. Our mission: Fund companies that want to change the world.
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