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  • Investing in China

    Investing in China

    1990. The Economist. China’s economy has come to a halt. 1996. The Economist. China’s economy will face a hard landing. 1998. The Economist: China’s economy entering a dangerous period of sluggish growth. 1999. Bank of Canada: Likelihood of a hard landing for the Chinese economy. 2000. Chicago Tribune: China currency move nails hard landing risk…

  • Things I learnt from recently concluded VCIC competition (Part – 2)

    Things I learnt from recently concluded VCIC competition (Part – 2)

    This article is a continuation of part 1, I posted a few weeks ago. Here, I’ll try to explain how did we went about coming up with valuation of our choice of startup – Ridevert. There are several key factors that VCs generally look at while valuing a startup. Some of the most prominent ones are: Now,…

  • Things I learnt from recently concluded VCIC competition (Part – 1)

    Things I learnt from recently concluded VCIC competition (Part – 1)

    Saturday Nov 18, 8:00 AM Passano lobby at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School was filled with hustle-bustle of participants ready to test their mettle at Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) hosted by PEVC club. Each team was given the list of six startups to evaluate a day before the competition. I was part of an incredibly diverse team comprising of Christian…

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