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August 2020
- Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught in a Classroom? - HBR
- Fast-growing smaller UK companies face £15bn funding shortfall, says report - Financial Times
- FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2020 - Financial Times
- Private equity should help itself - Financial Times
- Public to Private Equity in the United States: A Long-Term Look - Morgan Stanley
- Family Offices Can Propel The EU Venture Capital Ecosystem - Forbes
- The Secret to Sustainable Growth Is Identifying Trends Ahead of Time - Entrepreneur.com
- Why corporate venture capital programs are more important than ever - EY
July 2020
- Auditing goes remote - Accounting Today
- Covid-19 has put the venture capital boom on hold - Quartz
- How small businesses have dealt with the crisis - The Economist
- Strategically important German Mittelstand hit hard by country’s COVID-19 lockdown - McKinsey & Company
- The cities with the most startups and venture capital - Quartz
- Venture capitalists must do more than stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter - Financial Times
- What are the most important qualities of a startup founder? - Raconteur
June 2020
- Amazon to Launch $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund to Invest in Clean Energy - WSJ
- BDO becomes second-largest auditor of listed UK companies - Financial Times
- Bringing clarity around private equity asset valuations - KPMG Global
- Family values are well worth following for investors - Financial Times
- FT Wealth: June 2020 - Financial Times
- Global Billionaire Wealth: The Billionaire Census 2020 - WealthX
- Hong Kong’s tycoons catch the privatisation bug as they pick up assets at rock-bottom prices amid stock market’s slump - South China Morning Post
- Private equity barons grow rich on $230bn of performance fees - Financial Times
- Private markets need to be dragged further from the shadows - Financial Times
- Strategically important German Mittelstand hit hard by country’s COVID-19 lockdown - McKinsey & Company
- The difficulty of running a startup with your family during lockdown - Raconteur
- ‘Video is fine’: venture capitalists find the benefits in digital due diligence - Financial Times
- What Covid-19 is doing to Africa’s tech startups - Quartz Africa
- Why private capital will benefit from the crisis - Financial Times
- Why venture capital doesn’t build the things we really need - MIT Technology Review
- Family Offices Get Greater Access to Private Company Trades - Bloomberg
May 2020
- Aggressive Defense – Maintaining CVC Relevance and Value - 500 Ecosystems
- Covid-19 is threatening the survival of lots of startups — Quartz
- Covid-19 Research Resources: Startups, Funding Trends, Tech Solutions, & More To Watch Amid Covid-19 - CB Insights Research
- Zoom, Xoom, Zum: Why Does Every Start-Up Sound Fast Now? - The New York Times
April 2020
- China’s venture capital funding rallies after coronavirus lockdown - Financial Times
- Did Covid-19 Impact Startup Financing Activity? - CB Insights Research
- Emergency loans unveiled for ‘squeezed middle’ companies - Financial Times
- German VCs call for more Covid-19 startup support - Unquote
- Government launches £1.25bn plan to help struggling UK start-ups - Financial Times
- How Coronavirus Could Impact Private Funding | CB Insights Research
- How Covid-19 Has Impacted Seed Funding in Q1'20 - CB Insights Research
- How Covid-19 Is Impacting First Fundings To Startups In 3 Major US Tech Hubs - CB Insights Research
- Mega-Rounds To US-Based Startups Leap In Q1'20 - CB Insights Research
- Small business aid could go to venture capital-backed companies - Financial Times
- Start-ups and larger companies set for extra UK bailout funds - Financial Times
- Startup Continent: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startups In Asia And The Pacific
- The VC & Founder Sentiment Survey - NFX
- Watch out Silicon Valley: European Union gets into the venture capital game - AAAS
- What Small Businesses Need to Survive the Coronavirus Crisis - HBR
- What We Can Learn From Smart Money VCs' Bets In Quantum, AI, Fintech, And More - CB Insights Research
March 2020
- Asia’s largest companies try to sell down stakes in start-ups - Financial Times
- Coronavirus: venture capitalists show their true colours by pulling out of ‘done’ deals - The Sunday Times
- Covid-19 Is Dragging Down Corporate Venture Capital Investment - CB Insights Research
- Does the lean startup method work? - Quartz
- Europe’s start-up hubs face challengers from the east - Financial Times
- Exit unicorns, pursued by bears - Technology startups are headed for a fall - The Economist
- France Pushes $4.3 Billion Support Package for Startups - Bloomberg
- How Coronavirus Could Impact Seed-Stage Startup Investing - CB Insights Research
- How Coronavirus Could Impact Startup Funding - CB Insights Research
- How startups can navigate the coronavirus recession - Quartz
- Private equity firms target dealmaking opportunities amid turmoil - Financial Times
- Start-Ups Are Pummeled in the ‘Great Unwinding’ - The New York Times
- Startup Funding Dwindles Due to Coronavirus Slowdown - WSJ
- The Advice Trap Free Summary by Michael Bungay Stanier
- The rise and rise of Accenture - The Economist
- UBS launches new private client program following landmark thematic and sustainable investing achievements - UBS
- UK entrepreneurs forced to adapt to survive - Financial Times
- When Entrepreneurial Passion Backfires - HBR
- Why founders don’t always make the best CEOs - Quartz
- Why full ‘network effect’ evades Europe’s start-ups - Financial Times
February 2020
- A billionaire with no master plan for his family business - Financial Times
- China provides record funding for Indian tech start-ups - Financial Times
- Forethought can stop tech founders creating a dystopia - Financial Times
- How does a venture capital firm work? - Quartz
- Private equity became too focused on money, says Guy Hands - Financial Times
- Venture capital investors should harpoon more whales - Financial Times
- When Startups Succeed in Unlikely Places - Harvard Business Review
January 2020
- Privacy and its limits - Everyone now believes that private markets are better than public ones - Economist
- 339 Startup Failure Post-Mortems - CB Insights
- A subdued quarter for IPOs brings a quiet 2019 to a close - EY
- Accounting at a crossroads - Quartz
- Business travel startups are transforming the industry - Raconteur
- China tech start-ups go bust in 2019 ‘capital winter’ - Financial Times
- Digital Health 150 Spotlight: Asia-Based Startups - CB Insights Research
- Hong Kong poised to reclaim IPO crown - Reuters
- How can your growth strategy evolve faster than the market? - EY
- How much funding did African startups raise in 2019? - Quartz Africa
- Indian startups end on a high by raising a massive $14.5 billion across 1,185 rounds in 2019 - The Indian Wire
- J.D. Vance launches venture capital fund outside of Silicon Valley - Axios
- Private equity giants vow to show their ESG credentials in 2020 - Financial Times
- Private equity: index we trust - Financial Times
- Start-ups can benefit from moneyed tech enthusiasts as patrons - Financial Times
- Startup hubs: 5 things to consider when picking the right one - Raconteur
- Tech IPOs: margin call - Financial Times
- The 2020 Tech IPO Pipeline - CB Insights Research
- The accounting industry’s many problems - Quartz
- The U.S. Has the Most Startups That Could Change the World - US News
- UK-based tech start-ups enjoy £10bn funding bonanza - Financial Times
- Up and Coming Startup Companies to Watch For - CB Insights
- Watch 'Jenn Hirsch on Startups aiming to become Pegasus instead of Unicorn' - EY Microsoft Stream
- Watch: Our call on accounting at a crossroads - Quartz
- Why accountants prefer consulting over auditing - Quartz
- Enterprise-Tech Startups Focused on Risk, Security, Attract Venture Dollars - WSJ