Category: Ed Sim
As the SPAC frenzy continues, questions arise about how much the market can absorb
Another week and the biggest story in a sea of big stories continues to center on SPACs, these blank-check companies that raise capital through IPOs expressly to acquire a privately held company and take it public. But some industry watchers as starting to wonder: Is this party just getting started,…
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How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market
Oftentimes it pays to pivot and start again Ron Miller 8 hours When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion, it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something completely different while it still had…
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Seed investors take long view on promising enterprise startups
The job of an early-stage startup founder is challenging in good times, never mind a crash like the one we are experiencing today. While most expect private investing to slow down, it’s clear that some investments are still happening in spite of the pandemic, if the stories we are writing…
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Spectro Cloud launches with $7.5M investment to help developers build Kubernetes clusters their way
By now, we know that Kubernetes is a wildly popular container management platform, but if you want to use it, you pretty much have to choose between having someone manage it for you or building it yourself. Spectro Cloud emerged from stealth today with a $7.5 million investment to give…
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