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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

billion people globally that play games in 2022. The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% Investment bank Drake Star Partners published a report on the gaming investment and M&A activity in the first half of 2022. Mobile games earned $41.2bn globally during H1 2022.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Instead, find the VCs that would make the most sense to partner with from a strategic perspective and explain why you want them to take the lead.

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Five common legal mistakes startup founders make

NZ Entrepreneur

Partnership: A partnership allows you to share the business’ responsibilities with one or more partners. While very flexible in structuring, there is no distinction between personal and business liabilities, and each partner is jointly liable for the business’ debts. Think global early!

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. In the meantime, we have what we have today. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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When Security Can Become Your Business Differentiator, Everybody Wins

YoungUpstarts

If their intellectual IP is stolen or if they are discovered to have been a launching pad for attacks against a larger business partner, it can mean going out of business. Even with a firewall and anti-virus program, these business are the most vulnerable to cyber attackers.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). Upwork has built a global meritocracy, providing access to high-quality jobs and earning potential for the right people, anywhere in the world.