- Less than 10% of business ideas are started, and over half of venture capital investments are written off, yet the businesses that receive funding account for a large percentage of GDP and job growth.
- There is a huge amount of capital available globally but it is often not allocated to more innovative, risky ideas due to a focus on low loss ratios.
- While extreme risk (62% write-off rate for venture capital) may not be for everyone, embracing more risk could unlock greater rewards and there is a large area of risk between the 2% tolerated by banks and 62% level of venture capital where more capital could be invested.
Majority World Report 2013 - Risks & RewardsSaul Klein
The document discusses the risks and rewards of business innovation. It notes that less than 10% of business ideas are started, and over half of venture capital investments are written off. However, the businesses that do succeed account for a large portion of economic growth and job creation. While venture capital faces high failure rates, it also generates outsized wins that create massive market value. The document argues that society should be more willing to embrace risk and failure in order to spur radical innovation, and that individuals should learn to manage risk and failure as part of exploring new opportunities presented by changing technologies and global connectivity.
The Business of People in the Experience EconomyErik Vermeulen
This document discusses the shift from commodity, financial, and knowledge economies to an experience economy where relationships and unique experiences are valued over goods, money, and knowledge. It emphasizes that in the experience economy, people are the most important asset for businesses and engagement, motivation, and recognition are key to attracting and retaining talented individuals. The future success of companies depends on their ability to create an environment where people can reach their full potential.
Jane-Emma Peerless, Director of People, Caxton
- The case for failure: We live in a VUCA world, what worked yesterday doesn't necessarily work today
- Hiring for success & skills is no longer enough, talent has to be adaptable & resilient to constant change and deal with failure
- Failure is part of growth. How to identify candidates that will survive and thrive in this environment?
- Tips and techniques we use at Caxton to recruit for the right mindset for dealing with failure
1) The document discusses key concepts in personal finance, including behavioral finance biases that can negatively impact financial decision making. It emphasizes that people are not always rational with their money.
2) It stresses the importance of liquidity and having adequate emergency savings. Cash flow management is also highlighted as essential for financial security.
3) The "magic of compounding" is discussed as the primary driver of long term investment growth, and starting to invest and save early is emphasized. Debt is cautioned against due to high interest costs.
Majority World Report 2013 - Risks & RewardsSaul Klein
The document discusses the risks and rewards of business innovation. It notes that less than 10% of business ideas are started, and over half of venture capital investments are written off. However, the businesses that do succeed account for a large portion of economic growth and job creation. While venture capital faces high failure rates, it also generates outsized wins that create massive market value. The document argues that society should be more willing to embrace risk and failure in order to spur radical innovation, and that individuals should learn to manage risk and failure as part of exploring new opportunities presented by changing technologies and global connectivity.
The Business of People in the Experience EconomyErik Vermeulen
This document discusses the shift from commodity, financial, and knowledge economies to an experience economy where relationships and unique experiences are valued over goods, money, and knowledge. It emphasizes that in the experience economy, people are the most important asset for businesses and engagement, motivation, and recognition are key to attracting and retaining talented individuals. The future success of companies depends on their ability to create an environment where people can reach their full potential.
Jane-Emma Peerless, Director of People, Caxton
- The case for failure: We live in a VUCA world, what worked yesterday doesn't necessarily work today
- Hiring for success & skills is no longer enough, talent has to be adaptable & resilient to constant change and deal with failure
- Failure is part of growth. How to identify candidates that will survive and thrive in this environment?
- Tips and techniques we use at Caxton to recruit for the right mindset for dealing with failure
1) The document discusses key concepts in personal finance, including behavioral finance biases that can negatively impact financial decision making. It emphasizes that people are not always rational with their money.
2) It stresses the importance of liquidity and having adequate emergency savings. Cash flow management is also highlighted as essential for financial security.
3) The "magic of compounding" is discussed as the primary driver of long term investment growth, and starting to invest and save early is emphasized. Debt is cautioned against due to high interest costs.
The Wealthfront Equity Plan (Stanford Graduate School of Business 2017)Adam Nash
These are the slides from my guest lecture at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 17, 2017 in the People Operations: From Startup to Scaleup class.
The document discusses the need for innovation in service industries and provides advice on overcoming hurdles to innovation. It notes common internal objections to innovation like a lack of strategic vision or claims that new ideas are too complex. External hurdles include regulations and a lack of market knowledge. The document advocates taking an unstructured approach to innovation, continuously improving existing services, and allocating resources to developing new growth areas. It emphasizes that implementation is more important than ideas and advises organizations to set inspiring rather than restrictive targets to encourage innovation.
The following information is for TRAINING purposes ONLY.
The following information DOES NOT
Illustrate the actual performance that may be experienced by an individual investor.
The actual investment performance of any individual investment account
will be higher or lower than this illustration.
Your personal investment risk tolerance and all aspects of any investment, to include fees, should be carefully considered before making any actual investment.
The past performance of any investment is NO guarantee of future performance.
The Following Presentation is for training purposes ONLY and is not to be used with the General Public.
Use ONLY Client APPROVES Presentations With the General Public
Japan- world’s 3rd largest economy
The US Economy is going through many similar events
The Nikkei 225 Index Japan’s Stock Market
is Still down 72%... 20 years later
What Happens in a 20 year “BEAR” market?
Imagine if you still had every penny of gains you’d received on your investments!
The document discusses strategies for more effective fundraising. It notes that donors are more likely to give and continue donating if thanked quickly and personally after their initial gift. The document also emphasizes building strong donor relationships through regular communication about how donor funds are being used, and balancing the art and science of fundraising by understanding donor psychology and market factors.
Personal Finance for Engineers (Stanford Computer Forum, Apr 2017)Adam Nash
This is the version of my talk, Personal Finance for Engineers, given at the Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford for the Stanford Computer Forum.
Max Niederhofer, General Partner, Sunstone Capital - Purposeful leadership & ...Techsylvania
This document discusses leadership and purpose. It provides advice from Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer on coaching entrepreneurs. He argues that having a sense of purpose can increase productivity, health, and life satisfaction. While science can show purpose is important, it cannot define what an individual's purpose is. True purpose comes from listening to one's heart and serving others rather than ego. Finding purpose provides meaning, inspiration, and fulfillment that helps deal with challenges.
The document discusses challenges to innovation in retail banking and provides suggestions to overcome these challenges. It notes internal hurdles like a lack of strategic vision and external hurdles like regulations. It advocates for structural non-structured implementation of ideas, focusing 1% on innovation and 99% on execution. Key recommendations include developing a sense for the future, implementing ideas rather than just generating them, and managing both mature and growth businesses.
The document discusses the experience economy and its importance for businesses in the sports and events industry. It states that elements like innovation, creativity, and customer service are becoming more crucial as global competition increases. To differentiate themselves, clubs, venues, and events need to create unique experiences for customers. Qualities like emotions, values, and aesthetics are things customers will pay extra for, rather than just price and technology. The experience economy represents a new stage of economic offering where memorable events are staged to engage customers in a personal way.
TheLadders JobMobile Summit 2014: Betterment CEO & Founder Jon SteinTheLadders
Jon Stein founded Betterment to disrupt the finance industry by creating a more transparent and customer-centric personal finance service. After studying economics and psychology, Stein realized most financial services hid fees and prioritized profits over customers. He drew upon the work of Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler to develop Betterment, which launched in 2010. Betterment offers automated investing, financial planning tools, and a simple interface to help users achieve financial peace of mind. The company has since grown significantly and continues innovating to better serve customers.
This document appears to be from a retirement planning workshop that discusses strategies and rules of thumb for generating income during retirement. It addresses whether the traditional "4% rule" is still appropriate given market volatility and longevity risk. It also discusses using fixed indexed annuities or guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits as alternatives to mitigate risks to retiree portfolios in down markets.
This document discusses creativity and provides information on what creativity is, how it works, examples of creativity, how people respond to creativity, how play is important to creativity, what can block creativity, why being creative is important, how to evaluate and develop creativity. It addresses topics such as intuition, invention, humor, fear of failure, heuristics, analytics, separating the creator from the editor, and techniques to spark creativity.
Personal Finance for Engineers (Stanford CS Forum, 2018)Adam Nash
This is the version of my talk, Personal Finance for Engineers, that I gave at Stanford University in the Gates Computer Science building for the Stanford CS Forum on February 8, 2018.
Prerna Gupta is applying for a teaching position. She has a BS in Education from Kutztown University and an MA in Reading and Literacy Education from Rider University. She has over 15 years of experience teaching special education students in both inclusion and self-contained classrooms in New Jersey and North Carolina. Her philosophy is to inspire students to meet high academic standards and demonstrate responsible citizenship. She is seeking an interview for a teaching position.
Lengow's partner guide has everything you need to know to be able to sell on Darty. Discover our best tips to prepare your channel integration with Lengow and get exposure on this leading ecommerce website!
The Wealthfront Equity Plan (Stanford Graduate School of Business 2017)Adam Nash
These are the slides from my guest lecture at the Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 17, 2017 in the People Operations: From Startup to Scaleup class.
The document discusses the need for innovation in service industries and provides advice on overcoming hurdles to innovation. It notes common internal objections to innovation like a lack of strategic vision or claims that new ideas are too complex. External hurdles include regulations and a lack of market knowledge. The document advocates taking an unstructured approach to innovation, continuously improving existing services, and allocating resources to developing new growth areas. It emphasizes that implementation is more important than ideas and advises organizations to set inspiring rather than restrictive targets to encourage innovation.
The following information is for TRAINING purposes ONLY.
The following information DOES NOT
Illustrate the actual performance that may be experienced by an individual investor.
The actual investment performance of any individual investment account
will be higher or lower than this illustration.
Your personal investment risk tolerance and all aspects of any investment, to include fees, should be carefully considered before making any actual investment.
The past performance of any investment is NO guarantee of future performance.
The Following Presentation is for training purposes ONLY and is not to be used with the General Public.
Use ONLY Client APPROVES Presentations With the General Public
Japan- world’s 3rd largest economy
The US Economy is going through many similar events
The Nikkei 225 Index Japan’s Stock Market
is Still down 72%... 20 years later
What Happens in a 20 year “BEAR” market?
Imagine if you still had every penny of gains you’d received on your investments!
The document discusses strategies for more effective fundraising. It notes that donors are more likely to give and continue donating if thanked quickly and personally after their initial gift. The document also emphasizes building strong donor relationships through regular communication about how donor funds are being used, and balancing the art and science of fundraising by understanding donor psychology and market factors.
Personal Finance for Engineers (Stanford Computer Forum, Apr 2017)Adam Nash
This is the version of my talk, Personal Finance for Engineers, given at the Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford for the Stanford Computer Forum.
Max Niederhofer, General Partner, Sunstone Capital - Purposeful leadership & ...Techsylvania
This document discusses leadership and purpose. It provides advice from Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer on coaching entrepreneurs. He argues that having a sense of purpose can increase productivity, health, and life satisfaction. While science can show purpose is important, it cannot define what an individual's purpose is. True purpose comes from listening to one's heart and serving others rather than ego. Finding purpose provides meaning, inspiration, and fulfillment that helps deal with challenges.
The document discusses challenges to innovation in retail banking and provides suggestions to overcome these challenges. It notes internal hurdles like a lack of strategic vision and external hurdles like regulations. It advocates for structural non-structured implementation of ideas, focusing 1% on innovation and 99% on execution. Key recommendations include developing a sense for the future, implementing ideas rather than just generating them, and managing both mature and growth businesses.
The document discusses the experience economy and its importance for businesses in the sports and events industry. It states that elements like innovation, creativity, and customer service are becoming more crucial as global competition increases. To differentiate themselves, clubs, venues, and events need to create unique experiences for customers. Qualities like emotions, values, and aesthetics are things customers will pay extra for, rather than just price and technology. The experience economy represents a new stage of economic offering where memorable events are staged to engage customers in a personal way.
TheLadders JobMobile Summit 2014: Betterment CEO & Founder Jon SteinTheLadders
Jon Stein founded Betterment to disrupt the finance industry by creating a more transparent and customer-centric personal finance service. After studying economics and psychology, Stein realized most financial services hid fees and prioritized profits over customers. He drew upon the work of Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler to develop Betterment, which launched in 2010. Betterment offers automated investing, financial planning tools, and a simple interface to help users achieve financial peace of mind. The company has since grown significantly and continues innovating to better serve customers.
This document appears to be from a retirement planning workshop that discusses strategies and rules of thumb for generating income during retirement. It addresses whether the traditional "4% rule" is still appropriate given market volatility and longevity risk. It also discusses using fixed indexed annuities or guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits as alternatives to mitigate risks to retiree portfolios in down markets.
This document discusses creativity and provides information on what creativity is, how it works, examples of creativity, how people respond to creativity, how play is important to creativity, what can block creativity, why being creative is important, how to evaluate and develop creativity. It addresses topics such as intuition, invention, humor, fear of failure, heuristics, analytics, separating the creator from the editor, and techniques to spark creativity.
Personal Finance for Engineers (Stanford CS Forum, 2018)Adam Nash
This is the version of my talk, Personal Finance for Engineers, that I gave at Stanford University in the Gates Computer Science building for the Stanford CS Forum on February 8, 2018.
Prerna Gupta is applying for a teaching position. She has a BS in Education from Kutztown University and an MA in Reading and Literacy Education from Rider University. She has over 15 years of experience teaching special education students in both inclusion and self-contained classrooms in New Jersey and North Carolina. Her philosophy is to inspire students to meet high academic standards and demonstrate responsible citizenship. She is seeking an interview for a teaching position.
Lengow's partner guide has everything you need to know to be able to sell on Darty. Discover our best tips to prepare your channel integration with Lengow and get exposure on this leading ecommerce website!
Haiku Deck is a presentation tool that allows users to create Haiku style slideshows. The tool encourages users to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentations which can be shared on SlideShare. In just a few sentences, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create brief, visually focused presentations.
#1NLab16 - Avoiding False Starts: Using Narratives to Gain Clarity and AlignmentOne North
The document discusses using narratives to gain clarity and alignment within an organization to avoid false starts. It provides examples of effective and ineffective narratives. Narratives are described as a powerful communication tool that can create clarity, build consensus around key messages, and align stakeholders. The benefits of using narratives include accelerating buy-in and action, allowing for more impactful communication, and helping to build and sustain momentum. The document suggests that crafting an effective narrative can help organizations avoid false starts by promoting shared understanding and alignment.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest consumer goods company founded in 1933. It is majority owned by Unilever and produces foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. HUL has over 35 brands and sells products in over 6 million retail outlets across India. The report provides an overview of HUL's history, acquisitions, organizational structure, brands, and SWOT analysis of its vending machine business. It also outlines objectives, achievements and suggestions from a project studying HUL's beverage vending machines.
Este poema habla sobre la amistad y lo que un amigo puede y no puede hacer por otro. Un amigo está dispuesto a escuchar, compartir momentos difíciles, ofrecer apoyo sin juzgar, y amar incondicionalmente. Lo más importante de la amistad es el cariño y apoyo mutuo entre las personas.
Грубые нарушения, выявляемые в ходе проверок организации питания в...direkciyaDOgM
Грубые нарушения, выявляемые в ходе проверок организации питания в дошкольных группах образовательных организаций, а именно хранение продуктов питания в ненадлежащих местах, создающие риск хищения
La respiración permite a los seres vivos producir energía para realizar funciones vitales como crecimiento, reproducción y alimentación. Las plantas respiran a través de sus hojas, tallos y raíces, intercambiando gases con la atmósfera. La fotosíntesis es un proceso contrario a la respiración de las plantas que convierte la energía solar en energía química mediante la producción de azúcares y oxígeno. La respiración aeróbica utiliza oxígeno para producir energía en las
This document discusses the author's research which takes a new approach to studying families experiencing life-threatening illness and death. It critiques existing literature for focusing too narrowly on families as care-givers or in times of crisis. Instead, the author draws on the sociology of family and personal life to explore the everyday, mundane experiences of families as they live with and care for a dying relative. The research aims to provide a more holistic understanding of families' dying experiences by centering their perspectives and everyday practices rather than viewing them only in terms of care or coping with crisis.
The document describes a new product called Tecno-Glasses that are virtual reality glasses that come with virtual gloves. The glasses allow the user to see videos, photos, documents and surf the web safely without doing dangerous operations. Photos can be transferred from the glasses to a computer via a connector. However, the product is not yet available for purchase.
The universal translator is an electronic device that can instantly translate between over 3,600 languages and dialects. It allows users to both translate their own speech and have conversations with foreigners by translating in real time. The portable machine has a battery, dictionary for all languages, and touch screen interface for easy use when traveling internationally or learning new languages.
In Spain, typical greetings involve shaking hands softly, hugging, or giving two kisses. Punctuality is respected in formal meetings, though people may work longer than expected. In informal meetings, there are no set hours and times can be erratic. Typical eating customs in Spain include lunch around 2-3 PM, dinner at 9 PM, eating mostly home-cooked meals with bread, fruits, vegetables, fish and water. Many people eat while watching the news and going to tapas bars is also common.
The document summarizes Miguel de Cervantes' Novelas Ejemplares (Exemplary Novels), a collection of 12 short novels published in 1613. It took Cervantes 22 years to complete the collection. The novels can be divided into two groups - those with an idealized nature and those with a realistic nature. One of the novels is "El celoso extremeño" about a jealous man from Extremadura who imprisons his wife in their home. The document also provides biographical details about Cervantes, noting he was a famous 17th century Spanish writer best known for creating Don Quixote.
This document discusses factors important for startups to consider. It emphasizes that startups require a childlike imagination, relentless desire to win, and willingness to take calculated risks. While startups face enormous challenges like having no customers or money, focusing on opportunities, competitors, and ownership can help. Success ultimately depends on understanding markets, watching for demand signals, studying people, and focusing maniacally on customers by offering convenience and managing costs better than competitors. The document encourages embracing risks, as the potential prizes for startup success are enormous.
2015 august presentation stockholm mba programmhan mesters
The document discusses strategic business planning in the 21st century amid disruption from technological changes. It notes that we have moved from an era of change to a change of era, with exponential technological advances like computing, communication, and data storage transforming business models. Institutions face challenges to their gross margins, unique selling points, and value propositions. To adapt, companies must focus on their purpose and creating value through innovation, agility, and a culture that attracts top talent. Metrics need to assess future potential, not just past financials. The rise of startups and networks means disruption is here to stay.
A primer for founders on how to raise that first round of venture capital from Harvard Business School professor and Flybridge general partner Jeff Bussgang
The document discusses various topics that may be focused on in the next decade, including Society 5.0, Entrepreneur 5.0, Investor 5.0, Property 5.0, and Wealth 5.0. It also discusses the Global Wealth Group, a platform that connects investors with investment opportunities. The Group has performed well with over 7,500 members investing over $600 million. It is raising $5 million for strategic acquisitions and commercial acceleration. The funding will help increase metrics like revenue and valuation as the Group works towards an IPO target of over $100 million.
This document discusses venture capital funding in Central and Eastern Europe. It notes that returns on venture capital funds come from large investments ("big checks") in companies that have high valuations, like "black swan" companies valued at over 250 million PLN. However, there are very few such large, highly-valued tech companies in the region. The document suggests alternative approaches for venture capital in CEE, such as lowering risk, focusing on niche B2B businesses, or engaging global partners to help regional companies expand beyond CEE.
Venture capital fills a void between traditional bank financing and public markets by providing funding for high-risk, high-growth startups. Venture capitalists invest in industries with exponential growth potential and prefer founding teams with strong management over second-class ideas. A venture capital deal addresses risk through the investment process, contractual agreements, and active involvement of the VC in the portfolio company. While failure is common, the most likely exit for Danish startups is acquisition by another company rather than an IPO.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first draft of the Sote Talent business idea as an example and use case of our Effective Innovation Canvas. The Sote Talent idea is in early stage of consultations and prototyping. Please feel free to contribute with your comments, corrections and suggestions.
Jakub Simek from Pontis Foundation and Sote Hub created the first draft of the Sote Talent business idea as an example and use case of our Effective Innovation Canvas. The Sote Talent idea is in early stage of consultations and prototyping. Please feel free to contribute with your comments, corrections and suggestions.
The document discusses the entrepreneurial mindset and what makes an entrepreneur. It defines entrepreneurship as taking risks and having creative ideas to start a business. It profiles several famous entrepreneurs like Walt Disney, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. While business plans are important, some very successful companies were started without formal plans by entrepreneurs who just took action. The document also discusses risks of entrepreneurship like financial and career risks and how to balance work and personal life. It emphasizes qualities of entrepreneurs like seeing opportunities, working hard, and having an optimistic attitude when facing challenges.
1. Private equity can play an important role in financing small and medium enterprises in developing economies, which currently face a financing gap.
2. However, private equity has had limited success in some regions like Africa due to challenges such as a lack of local presence, low familiarity with private equity models, short-term business horizons, and difficulties finding well-managed companies.
3. For private equity to be more effective, firms may need to take a more local approach, have longer investment horizons, and find ways to build trust to overcome issues like a lack of transparency.
This document discusses three massive funding opportunities: prizes and open challenges, perks-based crowdfunding, and equity crowdfunding. It provides an overview of each opportunity, including how big the potential funding is and what types of projects or companies might be a good fit. Prizes can provide big publicity opportunities, while perks-based crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have funded over $1 billion in projects. Equity crowdfunding is currently illegal but rules are changing to allow individuals to invest smaller amounts in private companies in exchange for equity. The document advises considering different opportunities based on one's project goals and style.
3 solving canada's business crisis the brutal factsmikegggg
This document discusses Canada's declining productivity and competitiveness on the global business stage. It cites data from organizations like Deloitte and the OECD showing Canada's productivity growth lagging countries like the US, Korea, and others. Canada's businesses are not growing to the scale needed to compete globally, with only a small percentage considered "high growth". The document calls on Canadian business leaders to wake up and address this productivity crisis through increased investment and a renewed focus on growth in order to reverse these trends and perform to Canada's potential.
Join us for a LIVE WEBINAR that identifies the key reasons why most business fail and the factors that are found in those that succeed. During the webinar, Growthink's co-founder and CEO Jay Turo will uncover the pitfalls that entrepreneurs and managers just can't seem to avoid, and reveal best practices for successfully growing and exiting your business.
"No Decision": The blind spot that prevents lawyers from doubling their incomeMike O'Horo
Not “a blind spot.”
“The blind spot...”
Yes, we’re saying there is one thing that, all by itself, robs you of the income your marketing and sales effort should produce.
If you fix only one thing, and change nothing else about how you pursue business, you’ll double your income without increasing your level of effort.
No Mans Land - Doug Tatum - BRAG Denver Business NetworkingArif Gangji
This document discusses the challenges that businesses face when transitioning from small to large. It refers to this transitional stage as "No Man's Land" where businesses are too big to be small but too small to be big. Some key points:
- Businesses in No Man's Land experience much faster growth and job creation than average US businesses, yet make up a small percentage of total establishments.
- Navigating No Man's Land successfully requires addressing challenges in four areas: realigning with the market, hiring senior management, understanding your business model, and raising money.
- Common blind spots for businesses in this stage include lack of team alignment, accountability, clear value proposition, and understanding of profitability
This document provides an introduction to key concepts in finance, including:
1) Present value is used to compare sums of money from different times by discounting future values to their worth today using prevailing interest rates.
2) People are generally risk averse because diminishing marginal utility means losses reduce utility more than equivalent gains increase it. Insurance and diversification help manage risk.
3) An asset's value depends on expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate interest rate. The efficient markets hypothesis suggests beating the overall market is very difficult.
This chapter introduces fundamental concepts in finance, including present value, risk aversion, and asset valuation. It discusses how present value can be used to compare cash flows over time and explains why people are risk averse due to diminishing marginal utility. Insurance and diversification are introduced as ways for risk-averse individuals to manage risk. The chapter also covers the efficient markets hypothesis and how asset prices are determined based on available information.
This document discusses reasons for studying economics. It begins by noting that economics addresses important problems in areas like unemployment, trade, the environment and inflation. Studying economics helps understand the world by explaining topics like prices, earnings, wages and economic growth. It also equips students to participate successfully in the global economy by making better choices. Additionally, economics provides insight into government policies in areas such as taxation, trade and monetary policy. Overall, studying economics provides tools for understanding many aspects of individual, business and government decision-making.
This document discusses reasons for studying economics. It begins by noting that economics addresses important problems in areas like unemployment, trade, the environment and inflation. Studying economics helps understand the world by explaining topics like prices, earnings, inequality and economic growth. It also equips students to participate successfully in the global economy by making better choices. Additionally, economics provides insight into government policies in areas such as taxation, trade and monetary policy. Overall, studying economics builds analytical skills that are useful for understanding many real-world issues.
To celebrate 2019 London Tech Week, the LocalGlobe and Latitude teams hosted a small “New Palo Alto” Briefing” event at our new home, Phoenix Court, right in the heart of Somers Town and the Knowledge Quarter where we gave a brief update on what we’ve been up to in the last year and hosted a conversation on whether this area around Kings Cross can become a new Palo Alto in the next 20 years.
1) The UK fintech market is large and growing, with total UK financial services generating over £200B annually and only 3% currently from fintechs.
2) The UK has a highly evolved fintech ecosystem supported by government initiatives, talent, funding, and a combination of digital innovation and financial expertise.
3) Areas of growth for fintech include insurtech, wealthtech, and B2B fintech as business users demand more consumer-like experiences from financial software providers.
1) The global internet audience is growing rapidly, with 84% of users located outside of traditional Western markets like the UK and US.
2) While the UK tech sector is doing well, it needs to look outward and promote more diversity to further growth, as new markets like China, India, and Nigeria represent major opportunities.
3) The UK is well-positioned for tech success due to factors like open data, coding in schools, and a digital government, but its mindset needs to embrace global opportunities beyond traditional areas of focus.
This document provides an overview of technology trends and startup activity globally. It notes that technology is disrupting major sectors and connecting billions of people through mobile. European tech is doing well with many unicorns and IPOs. However, developed economies face challenges around job disruption and worries about the future. Education is not preparing people for the new digital world. Large companies are slow to change but startups are creating significant value in short periods. The document encourages learning by doing entrepreneurship which is becoming more mainstream.
1. The majority of internet users are now located in China and India, which together account for 32% of global internet users, compared to only 14% in the US and Europe.
2. Mobile internet is already the dominant form of internet access in the majority world, in contrast to more traditional views that it is the future in Western countries.
3. Major demographic and economic shifts are occurring as populations in Africa and parts of Asia are growing rapidly while youth unemployment remains high, yet technology companies have significant financial resources and are defining new models of work.
Barclays HyperConnected World ConferenceLocalglobe
The document discusses how the internet is changing everything through its growing role in economies and societies. It notes that the internet's share of GDP is larger than health or education. Key ways the internet is changing include how people experience culture and social life, how they work, and politics. The rise of mobile internet accelerates these changes. The document also discusses the business model of "freemium" and how innovation on the internet can rapidly create enormous value. It questions whether large companies and investors are adequately preparing for and adapting to these internet-driven changes.
This document discusses the opportunities for European tech startups in a rapidly changing global landscape. It notes that the internet is growing enormously and will soon connect over 5 billion people, with most of the growth coming from China and India. However, Europe risks falling behind if it does not do more to support startups and diversity. Specifically, Europe needs more "zebras" - innovative companies with potential for exponential growth, rather than just "elephants" - long established companies. With the right mindset and policies, Europe could position itself as the best place for ambitious startups to thrive on a global scale.
The document discusses how the internet has changed and will continue to change many aspects of our lives and society. It notes that the internet started changing how we tell stories, sell things, work, raise money, listen to music, play games, view advertising, travel, and more. It also suggests that new technologies will change education, healthcare, manufacturing, financing, food production, and how we connect with each other. The document advocates focusing on developing core technology hubs to continue driving positive change.
Telling Great Stories & Learning to ListenLocalglobe
The document discusses the importance of storytelling and listening. It states that people enjoy stories that are simply told, even if they take a long time to create. Great storytellers know their audience well and understand their perspective. Stories should live throughout a product and business, making the value clear and benefits easily understandable. Data can be used to tell personalized and social stories that are relevant to the audience and medium.
This document discusses Saul Klein's experiences in the internet industry from 1993 to the present. It touches on key periods and developments including the early struggles to establish online media in the 1990s, the dot-com boom and bust, the rise of broadband and mobile internet access, and the growth of e-commerce, social media, and cloud computing. The document emphasizes the challenges of starting new businesses and advises a focus on customers, conversations, convenience, costs, and competition rather than competitors.
This document discusses the strengths of European startups, including technical talent, low startup costs, and mainstream open source platforms. It notes strong local networks in various European cities connected to a federated ecosystem. It highlights several European entrepreneurs who have changed different industries like telecoms, enterprise software, web programming, shopping, music, games, fashion, personal finance, internet security, and the real-time web. The document advocates thinking big and different with support from sophisticated risk capital and bootstrapped role models.
Some thoughts on the European Venture sceneLocalglobe
The document discusses the state of the European venture scene in light of economic downturns. It notes that startups face challenges with no customers, money, or paying jobs, but that some major companies started during recessions. While sectors like social media have grown, recessions will likely continue. However, the internet is no longer just in the US, and there is still capital available in Europe for entrepreneurs who understand the new business environment. It provides advice to startups to focus on customers, cut costs, bootstrap, and don't panic.
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3. 10k business ideas
1k firms started
100 VC funded
20 IPO
2
market
leaders
Nobel
Prize in
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2006
Professor
Edmund
Phelps
Less than 10% of business ideas even get started
4. 55% of US venture capital investments are written
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6. But the capital which survives, backs businesses
accounting for 21% of US GDP…..
1978 1981 1987 1995 1995 1997 1999 1999 2005
and $1.4tn in new market value
creating 440k new jobs
with $545bn in new annual revenue
serving >1bn customers
Source: HIS Global Insight
7. And in Europe we are starting to build waves of similar dimensions
8. So are venture capitalists just bad at assessing risk
or do they really understand innovation economics?
10. And marketplaces adding further scale to open up risk adjusted
and scaleable funding to new sectors…..
Creative & Consumer Electronics Startups
Microfinance SMEs
11. We’ve had almost 60 years of evidence on how innovation economics
can drive explosive social and economic value creation…..
Semis
Hardware
Software
Internet
Mobile CloudNetworking
Crowd
12. But can venture’s real legacy be a broader understanding
and application of innovation economics?
13. Extreme risk of 62% write-offs is definitely
not for everyone, including many
entrepreneurs and venture investors…..
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14. In fact a 2% loss ratio for banks lending
to SMEs is already pushing the boundaries.
15. But there is so much cash out there….
$266bn FTSE100
($5k per UK citizen)
$85tn global AUM
($12k per human)
16. Can’t we be more adventurous on how we
allocate and manage it?
17. We know 7% of small companies create
>50% of new jobs
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21. Which is a shame, as radical risks create biggest rewards….
22. .
There is a huge area between 2% and 62% loss, surely we can
loosen our view of risk a little?
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25. If you feel comfortable managing risk, you might
as well shoot for the moon
26. And in Europe we have a generation with nothing to lose….
27. .
But how can we expect people to embrace risk when large
corporates, governments and educators won’t?
2%
Corporate
62%
Venture
28. We have grown up in cultures with relative excellence
in health, education, security and political stability
29. But what skills have we developed to navigate this
new chaotic and risky environment?
39. So how we can get more value from $4tn we spend annually on
educating and preparing people for their future
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54. Self-awareness & honesty
Intrinsic Motivation & social capital
Determination & humility
Creativity & ability to inspire
….. Are they lucky?
Emotional intelligence
You can never de-risk people element, so look
for…
55. Take your losses as early and cheaply as you can and move on
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56. Impossible to know where success will come from
Just try stuff out
Be open, not closed
Embrace the network – its your greatest untapped resource and now it can talk back
Spread your risks
Always reinvest some of your winnings
57. But if you find the wave and you know what you’re doing, you
can climb the power curve, and win – spectacularly and globally
58. So aim too high.
The prize is huge and we all have an
amazing start just by being here
A way of describing the odds:
Edmund Phelps, a Columbia economics professor and Nobel laureate, described the odds in his new book, “Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge and Change” as “from 10,000 business ideas, as 1,000 firms are founded, 100 receive venture capital, 20 go on to raise capital in an initial public offering, and two become market leaders.”
According to the venture impact study, IHS Global Insight, originally VC-backed companies accounted for 11.87m jobs and over $3.1 trn in revenue in the US in 2011—accounting for 21% of GDP and 11% of private-sector employment.
At Index, our portfolio companies alone have generated $4bn worth of revenue, while growing on average by more than 75%, creating 20k jobs with 1k positions currently open
People say VC doesn’t add anythign but maybe when we look back on this cambrian explosion of innovation from 1960s (semis) to 2020s (cloud connected services in every sector) – the broadscale application and understanding of venture economics will be the true legacy of venture rather than Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Skype and Twitter
DATA: https://docs.google.com/a/indexventures.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArWfM5OOjmKZdDJ4QWcwcHh5UFZSYm9KSENDRHBONWc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Seedcamp stats:
93 companies since 2007
- 83% start-ups raised capital
$120m total raised
76 operational
6 acquired
11 closed
850 jobs created
YC stats:
511 companies since 2005
Average value of a YC-financed start-up is $22.4m
37 start-ups have either sold for, or are now worth, more than $40m.
If you take last two years of classes out of these numbers (given that it takes time for a company to grow), and you look at 300 companies in YC instead of 511, that means the odds of +$40m success are about 1 in 10.
As of 2011, YC had 25 companies of 316 acquired. Of these, 5 exits for over $10 million, and the combined value of the top 21 companies was $4.7bn.
TechStars stats:
256 companies since 2007
71% companies funded
$400m raised
204 operational
24 acquired
28 failed
- 1,882 jobs created
Based on new realities:
- Cost of company creation - cloud/SaaS, open source, platforms,
Capital efficiency of scale up -> Global markets (talent, customers, finance)
YC numbers in 2011: http://ycombinator.com/nums.html
WAYRA stats: (297 start-ups, €9.7m total investment, 70% commercially trading)
Kickstarter:
$810m total dollars pledged
49,355 successfully funded projects
4.9m total backers
1.4m repeat backers
11.2m total pledges
Funding Circle:
£156m successful loans
£39m principal repaid
£113m loans outstanding, with 98.5% repayments coming in on time
5.8% average net return (before tax)
55k people in UK have joined to lend to businesses
Angelist:
$200m investments
$186m through introductions
$14m through direct “invest online” product
21k investors on platform
1,300 companies successfully raised funding
US: A study by three students at Columbia business school looked at the expected rate of credit losses on banks’ loan portfolios and came up with a benchmark of sorts: For our sample (Q4:1996-Q2:2012), the average (median) ALLL is 1.54% (1.37%) of gross loans held for investment: (http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7221887).
EUROPE: According to the IMF, the level of non-performing loans as a share of total loans made in 2012 in Europe, was quite high– around 6% in the EU27.
EU SMEs rely heavily on banks for funding. Around 75% of corporate financing in the EU is obtained from banks, compared to about 30% in the US. The EU crisis has now highlighted that this is a huge vulnerability for SMEs in Europe.
KR: European banking report: http://www.ebf-fbe.eu/uploads/FF2012.pdf)
http://www.zyyne.com/zh5/100747#p=7
Major corporates are hoarding cash– a more granular look at point you’re making.
In fact, tech titans Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco (CSCO), Oracle (ORCL), Intel (INTC) and Big Pharma giants Pfizer (PFE), Merck (MRK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Amgen (AMGN) collectively have more than $435 billion in cash on their balance sheets. (Feb 2013, Fortune, http://buzz.money.cnn.com/2013/02/12/apple-cash/)
FTSE 100 numbers: market cap: $2.7 trillion
Revenues: $280 billion
Staff: 6.5 million
Cash on balance sheets: $266 billion
IT budgets: 1-8%
Kauffman report, 2012:
Looking into its portfolio of nearly 100 VC funds, including what it says are some of the most notable and exclusive names (confidentiality agreements barred it from naming them), the foundation found that only 20 of them beat a public-market equivalent by more than 3% annually, and half of those started investing before 1995.
“There are not enough strong VC investors with above-market returns to absorb even our limited investment capital,” the Kauffman Foundation concludes
HBS research:
Research by HBS which look at US venture returns from 2004-2010 says that about 75% of VC firms don’t return investors capital, based on data from 2,000 companies that received venture funding of at least $1m
Kauffman report, 2012:
Looking into its portfolio of nearly 100 VC funds, including what it says are some of the most notable and exclusive names (confidentiality agreements barred it from naming them), the foundation found that only 20 of them beat a public-market equivalent by more than 3% annually, and half of those started investing before 1995.
“There are not enough strong VC investors with above-market returns to absorb even our limited investment capital,” the Kauffman Foundation concludes
HBS research:
Research by HBS which look at US venture returns from 2004-2010 says that about 75% of VC firms don’t return investors capital, based on data from 2,000 companies that received venture funding of at least $1m
Kauffman report, 2012:
Looking into its portfolio of nearly 100 VC funds, including what it says are some of the most notable and exclusive names (confidentiality agreements barred it from naming them), the foundation found that only 20 of them beat a public-market equivalent by more than 3% annually, and half of those started investing before 1995.
“There are not enough strong VC investors with above-market returns to absorb even our limited investment capital,” the Kauffman Foundation concludes
HBS research:
Research by HBS which look at US venture returns from 2004-2010 says that about 75% of VC firms don’t return investors capital, based on data from 2,000 companies that received venture funding of at least $1m
KR: A recent study by the Product Development and Management Association found that radical innovation accounted for only 10 percent of an average company’s innovation portfolio, down from 21 percent in 1990. As the new productivity measures gained traction, managers naturally gravitated to projects that succeeded under the new constraints. More and more, breakthrough projects with high failure rates and less predictability lost out when investment priorities were set. (BCG, Managing the Unmanageable: Radical Innovation, 2013) (KR has PDF from David Dean)
Power laws are a fundamental departure from how we have come to understand the world. The fact that they will only show up more often means no matter what we do, we need to understand how they work and what causes them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
iPhone
Self-driving cars
Health
What did these governments spend in a year on DEFENSE, EDUCATION, HEALTH:
See google doc for this data: https://docs.google.com/a/indexventures.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArWfM5OOjmKZdDJ4QWcwcHh5UFZSYm9KSENDRHBONWc&usp=drive_web#gid=1
ORIGINAL STUDY…http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=44582
Forty years ago, in a paper in American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise:
There are no instant experts in chess—certainly no instant masters or grandmasters. There appears not to be on record any case (including Bobby Fischer) where a person reached grandmaster level with less than about a decade's intense preoccupation with the game. We would estimate, very roughly, that a master has spent perhaps 10,000 to 50,000 hours staring at chess positions…
KR: After Simon and Chase’s paper, for example, the psychologist John Hayes looked at seventy-six famous classical composers and found that, in almost every case, those composers did not create their greatest work until they had been composing for at least ten years.
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http://www.educationdive.com/news/teacher-claims-she-made-1m-selling-lesson-plans-to-other-teachers/59021/
http://pandodaily.com/2013/07/08/lessons-from-the-first-millionaire-online-teacher/
Elance, one of many online freelance hubs that matches freelancers with clients, recently announced that hiring by businesses through its site increased by 60% last year. In its Annual Impact Report, conducted by the the third-party research firm Imperative, 74% of employers said they expected to enlist more freelancers in 2013. (Forbes)