This part discusses the culture of risk in the developing countries and how it impacts the behavior of local investors and their willingness to finance seed and early stage tech business models.
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Part 5: Scaling Up Investment—Finance the Startup of Start-up Communities
Entrepreneurs raising money too often attempt to shape investor risk behavior to their investment opportunity. Instead, shape your business model to match the needs of not only your customers but investors too.
Part 4: The Quest for Growth—the Startup of Start-up Communities
Brazil and China like Russia are large population countries with a growing middle class that is ripe for more consumer-facing clones, clonentrepreneurs and Clonentrepreneurship.
Holiday discounts hurt US retailers, boost industry sales overall
Many large US retailers on Thursday dialed back their earnings forecasts because of steep discounts they offered during the holidays. Discounts boosted overall industry sales but hurt profits at many retail chains.
NY fashion company Fifth & Pacific changes name, CEO steps down
New York fashion company Fifth & Pacific Cos. on Thursday changed its name to Kate Spade & Co. to reflect the company's new, singular focus. The apparel maker also announced on the same day that its chief executive William McComb will be replaced by Kate Spade CEO Craig Leavitt.
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Joseph Dear, the Chief Investment Officer of Calpers, the largest public pension plan in the US, has taken a medical leave to continue his personal health treatments, Bloomberg reported.
Nomura Holdings Inc, through Nomura Asset Management, will be purchasing ING Securities Investment & Trust Co, the Taiwanese investment unit of Dutch company ING Groep NV, Bloomberg reported.
Gemany-based eHealth solutions provider CompuGroup Medical AG said it has inked an agreement to acquire France-based software maker Imagine Editions and Imagine Assistance for an undisclosed amount.
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners will invest over $200 million for a stake in Chinese education company EIC Group. CVC will buy the stake from rival investment firm Actis Capital.
LQ Inversiones Financieras, Banco de Chile's majority shareholder, will sell up to 6.9 billion shares equivalent to $963 million. The exit deal would reduce LQ's stake in the Chilean lender from 58.4% to 51%.
UK-based private equity group CVC Capital Partners has exited a 19.4% stake in Denmark-based firm Matas for DKK1.18 billion ($216 million), according to the Danish beauty retailer on Friday.
Sergio Marchionne, chief executive officer of Italy's Fiat, said that the carmaker could issue a mandatory convertible bond as a way of financing investments after its $4.35 billion deal to buy the rest of Chrysler.
International Entertainment Corp said it would be acquiring a 70% stake in Macau gambling junket operator Sun City Gaming Promotion Co for HK$7.35 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Michigan-based community bank United Bank & Trust (UB&T) is set to merge with Indiana-based financial holding firm Old National bank sometime this summer in a deal valued at $173.1 million.
