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The Economic Importance of Venture Capital-Backed Companies to the U.S. Economy

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The Economic Importance of Venture Capital-Backed Companies to the U.S. Economy

One of Merar's long-term objectives is to keep it's members and blog readers updated about new interesting and useful readings, relevant both to the entrepreneurs and the investment community. This for example is a report from IHS Global Insight, produced provided to Merar several days ago by the National Venture Capital Association of ...

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What It Takes To Be a Successful Investor?

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What It Takes To Be a Successful Investor?

When we saw the video on TechCrunch, we immediately decided to share it with you. In this footage you will see five VCs from the Silicon Valley gathered to talk about the state of investing and what skills and qualities make a successful venture capitalist.

As Robert Hof from Forbes quoted last week “It’s ...

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The Numbers behind China

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The Numbers behind China

Back in 2010 China’s economy exceeded Japan’s, raising its position to 2nd place among the big 5 economic nations leaving the 1st place, US in a close range. During the past 30 years China's economy has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade to a more ...

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Pursue Your Passions but Remember Entrepreneurship Isn’t Sexy While it Does Look Rosy from the Other Side

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Pursue Your Passions but Remember Entrepreneurship Isn’t Sexy While it Does Look Rosy from the Other Side

We got this video from Stanford Technology Ventures Program and it is Mark Suster on it, a Silicon Valley veteran - a man passionate about technology who was once on the cover of the Financial Times. Mark is now a VC and serial entrepreneur trying to teach us the lessons on starting a company saying “Being ...

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