Mobile platforms are where a significant portion of the computing world is headed, and the iPhone and iPhone OS have been significantly responsible for that shift. As of June 2009, ChubbyBrain found that over US$100 million in total VC/angel investment has been injected in 17 iPhone startups in the span of less than 2 years. [...]
Have you ever examined an entrepreneur’s business plan or sat through a pitch and wondered why it has to be so complicated? Does the idea need to be complex to be good? In our recent post, Angels and Startups, Turn a MISS Into a Hit, this exact question was put on the table. The quintessential [...]
No doubt you’ve heard of the KISS Principle: To be successful, you need to Keep It Simple, Stupid. Sound advice for anyone, for just about any situation. For entrepreneurs, keeping it simple can mean the difference between boom and bust. For angels, investing in something simple and easy to understand can mean the difference between [...]
There’s no denying it — becoming an angel investor may have a significant impact on your financial future. You sure want to get it right from the start. And here’s the good news: you’re not the first person to start from scratch. Why not learn from someone who’s been there, done that? Aydin Senkut’s Investing [...]
In 1998, Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for US$100,000 to an insanely ambitious startup company called Google. At the time, Google didn’t even have a checking account. Today, Bechtolsheim’s investment is worth US$1.5 billion. How did Bechtolsheim find this incredible opportunity, and how can you discover the next Google? Well, Bechtolsheim had some serious advantages. [...]
Less than 5 years back, investment funds from the developed nations were apprehensive about going to China, since they had little understanding of the region’s capital market. Now, given China’s fantastic growth and recent development in various industries, venture capital and private equity firms would not dare to ignore this emerging global superpower. Only in [...]
“Music is the universal language of mankind” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Music might have transcended cultural and geographic barriers, but, at least in my opinion, Internet is what’s really gotten the world looking like one giant village with common etiquette and lingo. Thus far, nothing’s been more able to unite people across nations and cultures [...]
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