Cloud Stocks: Analysis of Shopify’s Deliverr Acquisition

Ontario-based Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) recently announced its quarterly results that continued to surpass market expectations. The company recently announced the acquisition of a logistics company as it continues to build its fulfillment network to compete with Amazon.

Catching Up On Readings: India’s 100 Unicorns

This feature from Inc 42 provides a comprehensive list of all the 100 unicorns in India, which have collectively raised $90 billion in funding and are valued at a combined $333 billion. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Catching Up On Readings: Why Tech Stocks are Down

This feature from the Time magazine looks at why tech stocks are falling and what it means for the economy. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

574th Roundtable Recording with Bill Baumel, Ohio Innovation Fund

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Catching Up On Readings: Declining Startup Valuations

This feature from TechCrunch analyzes in which sectors valuations of startups are declining the fastest and slowest. SaaS is one sector that is bucking the trend of declining valuations. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Best of Bootstrapping: Seed Investors Who Like Bootstrapped Startups

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

I would like to encourage bootstrapping entrepreneurs to start thinking about certain investors as bootstrapping partners. These investors, typically, LIKE capital efficient businesses.

They do not want to force feed capital into companies, unlike certain larger funds.

Their fund sizes are small, and they are set up to make money off smaller exits. [Re: Bootstrapping to Exit]

Please listen to a few conversations to get a feel for the point of view. There are many more on the Seed Capital series on our blog. You can also listen to the 1Mby1M Podcasts for more.

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Catching Up On Readings: LatAm Startup Ecosystem 2022

This feature from Crunchbase News analyzes what the Latin American startup ecosystem will look like by the end of 2022. There were 18 unicorns in LatAm in 2021, and the stabilized confidence in the region will drive new opportunities, and more diverse players are expected to enter the space. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Roundtable Recap: Startup Trends Discussion with Steve Eskenazi

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Angel investor Steve Eskenazi. We had a number of interesting trend conversations.

iBay

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Pradheep from Singapore pitching iBay. The company has significant traction.

Capriquota

Next we had Olabode Qudus from Ogun, Nigeria, pitch Capriquota, a concept stage venture with a little bit of validation.

BEI.RE

Then we had Ranga Krishnan from San Jose, California, pitch BEI.RE, a prop tech venture that also has some degree of validation.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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