The sheer number of new start-up venture capitalists, micro-credit operations, SME boosting private equity funds, and other "financial supermarkets" exploding in Nigeria is inspiring.
They wanted to change their life around and decided upon a new start-up venture: a coffee cafe chain envisioned as a competitor to the industry giant, Starbucks.
That's a lot of risk capital for any venture-backed start-up, especially considering that not one new commercial nuclear reactor design has been approved and built in the United States for 30 years.
As part of the deal, Nottingham City Council will set up a venture capital investment fund for new start-ups.
Past tech IPOs from the likes of Google, which at the time of its IPO had around 1, 900 employees, have done just fine even though many employees struck it rich and broke out on their own to either enjoy their new wealth or commit the capital to their own start-up venture.
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As I describe in my new book, Hungry Start-up Strategy, running such a venture means operating with very different rules.
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Nicholas Bernstein, CEO of start-up Brazilian media venture Corisco Films, based in New York and Rio, says it has already has a slate of films ready to make in Brazil.
Dave Boyce: Fundly is a start-up company, with all the ups and downs of any new venture.
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The venture capital system and angel investors are right for some kinds of new businesses, but what about start-up financing for the rest of us?
But as the cost of building a start-up fell and the social media explosion attracted a new money, New York's venture community scratched its way back.
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