Chinese College Graduates Play It Safe and Lose Out

March 26, 2013 -- (WSJ) --  BEIJING—Xie Chaobo figures he has the credentials to land a job at one of China's big state-owned firms. He is a graduate student at Tsinghua University, one of China's best. His field of study is environmental engineering, one of China's priorities. And he is experimenting with new techniques for identifying water pollutants, which should make him a valuable catch.

But he has applied to 30 companies so far and scored just four interviews, none of which has led to a job. Although Mr. Xie's parents are entrepreneurs who have built companies that make glasses, shoes and now water pumps, he has no interest in working at a private startup. Chinese students "have been told since we were children to focus on stability instead of risk," the 24-year-old engineering student says.

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Competing With Silicon Valley for Talent Is Becoming Insanely Expensive

February 17, 2014 -- (Bloomberg) -- Silicon Valley's rising tide may not lift all boats. As other cities around the world try to develop their own tech hubs, most companies outside the Valley will find it difficult to snare top talent with their executive pay packages.

Here's what Beijing, London, Tel Aviv and Tokyo are up against: 22 tech execs in the U.S. each made more than $20 million in total compensation, according to 2013 proxy data compiled by Equilar, a research firm. The numbers include salary, bonus, stock and other payouts.

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The B Word – What Does It Take to Raise a Financing Round at a Billion Dollar Valuation?

"77% of the Billion-dollar Start-ups are Based in California and Primarily in Silicon Valley."

February 7, 2014 (CB Insights) -- On average, unicorns-in-training, take five rounds of financing and over $200M in aggregate financing before hitting the billion dollar valuation threshhold. Among VCs, Sequoia Capital leads the way having invested in 10 companies in the billion-dollar startup club globally.

Raising financing at a billion-dollar plus valuation has gotten a lot more common. With corporations, hedge funds and mutual funds increasingly investing in private tech companies along with VCs, the hunt for unicorns is on in a big way.  As a friendly reminder, most VCs are not very good at identifying unicorns, but that’s a story for another day.

In this analysis, we wanted to look at billion dollar financing valuations and what it takes to get there.

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Bloomberg: GoPro Files for IPO: The Next Big Thing?

February 7, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg senior West Coast correspondent Jon Erlichman reports that GoPro has filed for an IPO initiated by a “confidential” draft registration statement on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.”

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Netsoft Completes 6th Placement at Kumu Networks

Founded in 2012 around patented full-duplex wireless technology, Kumu Networks is developing bleeding-edge wireless products with commensurate bandwidth advantages. Kumu closed Series B financing October 2013 with a new lead investor and Series A investors participating as well.

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Congratulations to Muzaffer Kal on his role as Sr FPGA/DSP Engineer!

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Netsoft Completes 5th Placement at Kumu Networks

Founded in 2012 around patented full-duplex wireless technology, Kumu Networks is developing bleeding-edge wireless products with commensurate bandwidth advantages. Kumu closed Series B financing October 2013 with a new lead investor and Series A investors participating as well.

Netsoft began working with Kumu in 2012 at company inception, when it was just 7 people.

Congratulations to Rich Tanner on his role as Lab Manager/Sr Technician!

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