Can online classrooms help the developing world catch up? 22 Feb 2015 10:58 AM (10 years ago)
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 20 Feb 2015 2:26 PM (10 years ago)
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 20 Feb 2015 2:39 AM (10 years ago)
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 6 Feb 2015 10:28 AM (10 years ago)
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.
Deutsche Firmen verschlafen die Digitalisierung 12 Jan 2015 12:34 PM (10 years ago)
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 12 Jan 2015 10:18 AM (10 years ago)
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.