Funds should invest in diversity. Here’s why inclusive entrepreneurship matters. — Venture Capital (VC) is funding the future. Venture capital investors are an important source of capital for entrepreneurs and startups. The decisions made by venture capitalists impact the whole startup community. Hopefully, more diversity in VC leads to a more diverse group of funded entrepreneurs. Inclusive entrepreneurship policies aim to…

Many entrepreneurs fail to address the market correctly. Here’s how to avoid these mistakes — I sent 100 e-mails to prospective clients in which I introduced myself, and told them about my proposed services. I was sure that they would react and they would realize that my service offerings were great. These e-mails were sent a couple of years ago when I tried to set…

A simple change in attitude was the key to seeing an opportunity to teach German instead of a dead-end with English. — I wasn’t motivated anymore. Everything I had planned fell into a thousand pieces. Everything I had prepared had just become useless. What happened? I had just graduated from high school in Germany and was picked as an English teacher for a school in Mexico. Instead of starting university right away…

Can start-ups help innovate the industry? — Recently, President Biden announced his $2 trillion plan to improve the U.S.’s infrastructure and economy. This includes the fixture of highways, bridges, ports, airports, homes, commercial buildings, hospitals and schools and most likely implies numerous new projects for the construction industry. An industry with a spending of more than $1…

Let’s just say, everyone counts and yet everyone is different — You all know them, you all subscribed to them. I’m talking about firms like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Social media platforms as well as Netflix, Spotify, Canva, Uber or Grammarly. In short, subscription-based business models. But what’s the challenge with these business models? It’s quite difficult to understand how these…

How the M&A process and the different due diligence services relate — Over the past weeks, several of you asked me about the classification of the financial due diligence within an M&A transaction. So, let’s discuss this topic here. You may have heard or learned about the M&A process in general. And maybe also about the different types of financial due diligence…

An introduction to cap tables — “Our potential investors asked as to present the cap table. What is he/she looking for?” I’ve been asked this question occasionally in sessions with startups looking for funding. A cap table is a table that shows the shareholder structure of a company. It shows who owns which portion and what…

How to check if the business plan is integrated — During your due diligence work in a M&A transaction, you will often have to perform a business plan review. Sometimes you will even set up a business plan by yourself. This task is fascinating as it combines the insights from the balance sheet and income statement analysis of the historical…

Here are four reasons why venture capital firms invest in the industry — Financial Technology firms (Fintechs) have become an extraordinary rapidly growing sector in Latin America (LATAM), and around the world. With $13.5 Bio. Venture capital funding in 2021, Latam has surely reached record numbers. In Mexico, there are currently more than 440 fintechs, like Nubank, Kavak and Clip, providing nationwide over…