The venture capital model is under fire again. Founders complain about dilution and loss of control. Commentators question whether VCs create real value or just inflate valuations. Aspiring entrepreneurs wonder if bootstrapping isn’t the more honest path after all.
I’ve heard these criticisms for years — as a founder,...
Most CEE startup founders start their entrepreneurial journey by building an agency, like Omnisend, which began as a digital marketing agency, or MailerLite, which started as a web design studio in 2005 and pivoted in 2010 to productize email marketing. It’s a simpler way to generate revenue, learn the...
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) has grown remarkably over the past decade, yet despite this, the region’s startup ecosystem remains constrained. And the bottleneck is not a lack of capital, nor is it simply a matter of political risk or market size, as people sometimes assume…
The CEE...
Europe has never been known for precipitate innovation. It takes a cautious path, prioritising regulation over disruption while other nations rush in. So, it’s not enormously surprising that the European Union was the world’s first territory to attempt regulation of the cryptocurrency space.
With the launch of the...
“People often ask how I got into VC straight out of college. Truth is, it’s rare — funds often prioritize immediate execution over mentoring their talent,” tweeted Tunya Irkad last summer. Now Principal of e2vc, managing a fund about €70 million that invests in startups across Central & Eastern Europe,...
