from: http://www.techoat.com/almaz-capital-takes-23-percent-in-russian-casual-games-firm-alawar/
Almaz Capital Partners has purchased a 23 percent stake in Russia’s casual web-based game publisherAlawar Entertainment.
The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. On the strength of its Russian-speaking audience, Alawar has risen to become one of the top 10 casual game publishers worldwide.
Almaz Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in Russian [...]
from: http://smartstartup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/how-to-find-sta.html
I have this conversation at least once a week. Some visitor to my site on financing startups spends a couple of hours reading all, or most of it, and decides to call me up. The conversation then, almost invariably, goes like this.
Caller: Hi, I read your site. It’s fantastic, by the way. Look, [...]
by Don Dodge
Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Should I take Angel or VC money? How much money should I raise? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? There are some guidelines, but every situation is different.
Paul Graham wrote a [...]
For all those hungry entrepreneurs/CEOs of startups…
If you cant look at other entrepreneurs and learn – then don’t look at them. Jealousy (or self pity) will kill you in this business!
When you look at facebook and twitter, your imagination must run wild… you heart might say, I wish I could come up with an idea like that. [...]
An excellent article by Sarah Lacy on business week the prime suspects responsible for the Valley’s nagging aversion to risk. Here is an excerpt
“I was recently at a Silicon Valley conference where one of the debates that raged into the wee hours centered on Silicon Valley’s increasing aversion to risk: Is it a good thing, and [...]
