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Tag Archives: VC
Ron Conway: The people first — the idea and the market size second and third. – [VIDEO]
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Big trends in VC land (super angels, etc.) – [VIDEO]
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BetFair co-founder Ed Wray laments the suppression of UK’s tax incentive for startup entrepreneurs.
BetFair chairman Ed Wray: “Too many hurdles in the way of enterprise”. Wray refers to a tax incentive that he and Black used to launch Betfair after they were forced to go to friends and family for funds, having failed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Exchanges & Markets, History, Politics
Tagged angel investors, BetFair, business angels, Ed Wray, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Great Britain, startup, startup entrepreneur, startup entrepreneurs, startup funding, startups, tax, tax incentive, taxes, The Sporting Exchange, UK, United Kingdom, VC, VCs, venture capital, venture capitalists
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How VC blogger Paul Kedrosky pumped up HedgeStreet to his gullible readers in 2006, and later failed to update them with the hard fact of its (de facto) bankruptcy. Why telling the truth to readers when it’s easier to tell them fairy tales?
- Paul Kedrosky was all excited, in April 2006, to tell his gullible readers that HedgeStreet received another round of funding —adding all up to $24.9 million. – And just 18 months after Paul Kedrosky’s pronouncement, HedgeStreet (v1) ate the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged bankruptcy, HedgeStreet, Paul Kedrosky, prediction markets, Titanic, USD, VC
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