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Dear SaaStr: My Startup is Nearing The End of its Runway – and I Found Out My CEO Has Been Taking Money from the Company. What Should I Do?
- In some venture-backed startups, founders may take money from the company for personal use.
- While some expenses may be justified, blatant stealing is not acceptable.
- If you are in finance, report the fraud to the Board.
- For most lay employees, it is best to quietly move on from the startup.
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Destroy Your Regrets and Grow Your Ambition
- Regrets are a natural part of life, but don't let them consume you.
- Reflect on your regrets and focus on the lessons learned.
- Shift your mindset to learn and grow from missed opportunities.
- Act now and create the perfect time, leaving no room for regret.
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Justice on the Digital Frontier: GCC Litigation Takes Aim at Bkchaintop.com Scammers
- Bkchaintop.com, a cryptocurrency trading platform, is exposed as a scam targeting investors.
- Users faced issues with fund withdrawals and pressure tactics from 'account managers' to invest more.
- GCC Litigation is actively investigating the fraudulent activities and supporting the victims.
- The focus includes educating potential investors and taking legal action against the scam operation.
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The Quantum HoloForce Equation: Touching the Future with Holograms
- The Quantum HoloForce Equation enables holograms to simulate tactile feedback, making them feel like real objects.
- It revolutionizes virtual and augmented reality by incorporating tactile feedback, creating fully immersive experiences.
- The technology opens possibilities in gaming, entertainment, medical training, and holographic communication.
- By leveraging quantum wave mechanics, holographic projections can push back, resist, and respond to physical touch in real-time.
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Lending 2.0: How Verticalisation Will Change Lending Forever
- The generic lending model is facing a significant challenge from a new wave of innovative fintech start-ups that are embracing verticalisation.
- Lending is one of the largest markets and profit pools out there.
- The emergence of modern infrastructure, such as Taktile, Stripe, Modulr, ComplyAdvantage, Onfido and others is driving verticalisation now.
- Until a few years ago, the data source for credit decisioning was limited to credit bureau data; however, it has changed with the successful adoption of alternative data.
- The next generation of lending fintechs are specialised within verticals, ideally large/fast-growing ones, like embedded finance in e-commerce platforms, payment processors, social media platforms, telecom, and ride-sharing platforms.
- Vertical lenders provide a superior overall customer experience and compete with generic lenders by offering three top features: tailored product features, first-party data in underwriting, and distributing via embedded vertical workflows.
- VCs potentially have a lower market size and scale ceiling for vertical lenders compared to generic lenders.
- There will be fewer multi-unicorns but more medium-sized companies, still offering decent venture scale returns for early-stage investors.
- The future of lending will leverage the modern infrastructure layer and alternative/first-party data to provide lending products with personalisation, convenience and right-timing.
- We believe there are several other exciting themes of change in lending which we will unpack in future articles.
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YBN University: A Comprehensive Guide to One of the Leading Educational Institutions
- YBN University offers a wide range of accredited undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs.
- The university boasts of an experienced faculty with strong academic and industry backgrounds.
- YBN University is equipped with modern infrastructure, including high-tech labs and well-stocked libraries.
- The university provides strong placement support, with ties to top companies and a dedicated placement cell.
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Quick Commerce Note
- Amazon invests ~$50bn+ annually in CAPEX for logistics, warehouse, etc.
- Quick Commerce (QC) in India challenges traditional e-commerce with faster delivery times.
- In commerce, there are three dimensions to play along: faster, cheaper, and more things.
- Opportunity to build the 'anti-Zepto' lies in leveraging 3P, owning customer experience, and a different approach to catalogue/UI.
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Activity Ratios — Ratio Mastery Part V
- Activity ratios assess how efficiently a business leverages its assets to drive revenue.
- The Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio measures how efficiently a company collects payments from its customers relative to its credit sales.
- The Inventory Turnover Ratio measures how efficiently a company manages its inventory relative to its sales.
- The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) measures how efficiently a company collects its receivables relative to its credit sales.
- The Number of Days of Payables (DPO) measures how efficiently a company manages its accounts payable relative to its purchases.
- The Working Capital Turnover Ratio measures how effectively a company utilizes its working capital to generate sales.
- The Total Assets Turnover Ratio measures how efficiently a company utilizes its total assets to generate revenue.
- Venture capitalists closely examine activity ratios to see how well a business manages its resources to maintain healthy cash flow and scalability.
- Weak activity ratios may indicate operational issues, increasing risk for VCs and deterring investment.
- Businesses should balance efficiency with customer relationships and sales opportunities in order to maintain optimal financial performance.
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Saison Capital participates in Meridian’s USD 4m seed round
- Meridian has raised USD 4 million in a seed round.
- The platform aims to become the central liquidity and yield hub of the Movement ecosystem.
- The funding will be used to expand the team and accelerate the platform's go-to-market strategy.
- Meridian aims to bridge the liquidity and trading volume gap in the Move ecosystem.
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The 3 founder attributes that fueled Evisort’s successful startup journey and exit to Workday
- Workday has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Evisort, a Vertex portfolio company.
- Evisort founders displayed three attributes that impressed investors: strong understanding of contract law, customer empathy, and the ability to be nimble and responsive.
- Jerry Ting and Jake Sussman, both with JDs from Harvard Law, aimed to automate monotonous tasks for lawyers.
- Evisort's adoption of emerging technologies and focus on customer needs contributed to its success.
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Joyce’s picks: musings and readings in AI/ML, September 23, 2024
- AI's impact on job recruiting efficiency and fairness is questioned.
- Study explores whether AI models produce more original ideas than researchers.
- Environmental costs of using AI chatbots highlighted.
- UN Summit emphasizes AI opportunity for everyone.
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Salesforce snatches up Zoomin, a tool for organizing company knowledge
- Salesforce has announced its plans to acquire Zoomin, an enterprise knowledge platform.
- Zoomin helps companies organize their documentation, such as user guides and tutorials, in one portal.
- The terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the acquisition is expected to be finalized in Q4 of fiscal year 2025.
- Salesforce aims to use Zoomin's technology to enhance its Data Cloud platform and automate customer service interactions.
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How Big Tech’s AI FOMO is distorting the VC Ecosystem
- Tech behemoths Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Nvidia are investing billions into capital-intensive AI startups.
- Venture capital firms are struggling to compete with the financial clout and incentives offered by these tech giants.
- Traditional VCs are now shifting their focus to investing in AI startups building applications rather than infrastructure as they are more capital efficient.
- Even at the application layer, many AI startups are still far from demonstrating the profitability metrics required to go public, leaving VCs with harder exits.
- Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Nvidia are leading the charge for AI startups raising huge sums of money at sky-high valuations.
- These massive investments have dampened the traditional pressure to go public, creating a dilemma for VC firms that need exits.
- Through private funding, these AI startups are unlikely to go public anytime soon without a shift in the market sentiment.
- Despite the hype around AI, we're still in the early innings of this tech revolution. In 2024, only 1% of the money spent on software will go towards generative AI products.
- In the short term, exponential growth of AI may not be widespread across industries. The expected big returns will come from companies building applications on top of AI infrastructures.
- VCs face an uphill battle in an environment where the traditional exit routes — IPOs or acquisitions — are mostly closed off due to the AI era.
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Entrepreneurship Hour: ©TheBrandCoach™ Network Daily Entrepreneurship Case Scenarios_ Tuesday 24th…
- In a scenario where you are at odds with your business partner on marketing expenses, finding common ground can be achieved through open dialogue. It is important to have clear expectations of the partnership and discuss the importance of marketing, including key activities, execution schedules, costing per activity, and possible return on investment.
- When you and your co-founder have conflicting risk-taking styles, navigating decision-making together requires thinking about collaboration over competition. As co-founders, you are already collaborating on something as experts on a team. It is essential to prioritize the needs of the venture you co-founded together.
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Venture #5: What are venture fund of funds?
- A venture fund of funds combines multiple fund types to reduce risk and enhance returns.
- The total size of the venture fund of funds market is approximately $317 million.
- Most venture fund of funds are illiquid and operate similarly to regular venture capital funds.
- Investing in venture fund of funds helps filter out inexperienced managers and reduces overall risk.
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