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Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) is an evolution of the traditional venture capital (VC) model. To refresh your memory and contextualize this article, VC goes back to 1947 when the first deal occurred. The American Research and Development company invested USD 200 thousand in a company developing a treatment for cancer, based on x-ray technology. Its investment …

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When it comes to new tech and startups, Filipino innovations aren’t usually the first ones to come to mind. Usually, you’d think about famous American tech firms and startups like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Tesla. But North America and Europe don’t have a monopoly on innovation. Southeast Asia has a rapidly growing startup ecosystem that …

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Have you ever wondered why the famed Japanese musical instrument maker Yamaha started selling both pianos and motorcycles?  If you’re a fan of either their pianos or their motorcycles, this question has probably crossed your mind more than once. You might have even seen the Yamaha name on other products like tennis rackets, boat engines, …

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Think you can grow a $100,000 minimum viable product into a $150 million business? Nebula did it – without any venture capital funding. In just 4 years, the innovative video-streaming platform grew from around 4000 subscribers to over 600,000 paying subscribers. While on the surface, it may look like any other streaming platform with exclusive …

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Failure and innovation go hand in hand — a synergy that the innovative household appliance brand Dyson knows very well after the literal thousands of failed Dyson vacuum prototypes it made before making a successful one on its 5127th try. All products in the world have gone through some sort of failure in the development …

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Innovation comes in many different forms ranging from new technology, a different way of marketing a product, and even a unique business model.  It is a common misconception that building new technology is the only way to innovate. Developing a unique business model using preexisting products and services can also be an innovation. FreeWater did …

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Do you want a free telly? Well, now you can get one for free thanks to Telly’s unique business model – assuming you’re in America. Telly is a California-based startup that is attempting to disrupt the TV industry – but not in the way you think.  No, it didn’t invent any revolutionary new product, nor …

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Venture building is an innovation strategy that could have saved many industry-leading corporations from being replaced by more competitive startups and businesses.  Take BlackBerry for example. It once dominated the cellphone manufacturing industry, with over USD 15 billion in revenue in cellphone sales alone during its peak in 2011 according to data from Statista. But …

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One of the greatest venture building success stories is GCash, one of the most popular mobile wallets in the Philippines. The fintech platform had over 66 million users by the second quarter of 2022, a figure that’s around 83% of the adult population of the country according to data from Statista. It recorded a gross …

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