Why German Venture Capital doesn’t take off
In Germany there are 4 (four) VC companies with considerable funds within the range of EUR 100 million or above. Taking into account that Germany is one of the biggest economies worldwide this fact is a shortcoming, to say the least. Why is that? One possible answer you’ll find watching this talk with Marc Andreessen. Marc describes the “American Way of funding a Start-up” as “fund it, scale it, and then look for a business
Media Business Models on the Web
Chris Anderson started a list of Business Models on the Web and Fred Wilson added his thoughts what Dave McClure also did. So far there are 28 different models: — CPM ads (“cost per thousand views”; banner ads online and regular ads in print, TV and radio) — CPC ads (“cost per click”; think Google ads) — CPT ads (“cost per transaction”; you pay only if the customer brought to you from