The VC Business Model: Pareto Driven to Extremes

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The VC Business Model: Pareto driven to extremes

Virtually all venture capitalists agree that only a very tiny fraction of their targets accounts for the positive overall return of their funds, while most investments produce either no significant contribution or even result in complete losses, thus producing negative effects on fund returns. Depending on the individual fund, alternative target industries, investment stages, regional priorities, etc. the statistics vary, … Read More

In B2B its’s 2D, not 3D, Dude! Check Lindera!

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Lindera

Considering my modest financial means, I am actually quite heavily invested in 3D and VR. However, I must admit that now and then I ask myself: Where does all this craze about 3D and VR come from? Our “real” world is already 3D, is it not? And frankly: I do prefer a real reality to a virtual one. True, it’s … Read More

Digitalisation

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Digitalisation

Ever heard a native speaker spell out “di-gi-ta-li-sa-tion”? I guess almost everybody has and almost everybody could have noticed then, that the syllable following the “l” gets somehow swallowed up the same way as the preceding “a” gets mumbled away.  The word does have a tongue twister capacity. This is presumably the main reason why people – unless they refer … Read More

Business Model

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Business Model Definitions

What is your business model? Ask any founder. The likelihood that you will have to listen to a fairly long-winded recap of the start-up’s 100-page business plan or at least its pitch deck is larger than 80 per cent. Why is that so? First of all: There is no uncontested definition of what exactly amounts to a business model. Second: … Read More