👋Howdy folks,Today, I will open the post a little bit differently. I will share a conversation between a founder and a potential partner regarding a merger.Trisha, the entrepreneur: Hello Samsa, good afternoon. How are things?Samsa, Twitter follower...

Hello folks,I would like to wish Eid Mubarak to everyone. Wishing everyone a blessed and safe celebration with the family and loved ones.As we celebrate the Eid, let us also extend our prayers for God to grant ease to all communities that are sufferi...

👋Hello everyone,Happy Born DayToday is my birthday. I am thankful to God the Almighty that I can celebrate it with my family. In these trying times, being able to be with your loved ones is the simple pleasure in life that’s priceless.Toda...

👏Hello ,Spring is the season of renewal and hope. It is also the season when thousands of aspiring college-goers (at least in the US and other western countries) will receive their admission letters to colleges of their dreams.As they get excit...

👏Hello friends,In the past 4-5 years, most folks, especially those in government agencies involved in the tech ecosystem, would always lament that Malaysia lost out big time when Grab (originally MyTeksi) moved its HQ from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore...

👋Hello folks,Special DedicationRamadhan Kareem to all readers who observe the annual tradition.  May God give you strength to complete the month and bless your fast and other good deeds 🤲 A few days ago on 15 April 2021, my wife and I cel...

👋Hello friends,In the last post, I wrote about a couple of basic valuation terms - pre- and post-money valuations - and a few approaches to valuing early stage startups. Three of the approaches are checklist/scorecard-based methods - Dave Berku...

👋Hello there,A few days ago, I was hosting a Clubhouse room to explain what a Venture Capital (VC) is, the terms commonly used in the industry and its business model. Invariably, there were a couple of questions on valuation. How to value...

👋Hello ,The other day, I was chatting with a group of folks who were interested to start a fund to invest in young startups. We talked about the structure of a fund, sources of capital, the economics and portfolio construction. When we dis...

👋Hey ,If you hang around Venture Capital (VC)/Private Equity (PE)/Hedge fund types a lot, you will definitely hear the term 2 and 20 in every other conversation. 2 and 20 is the bread and butter of the industry and this particular business mode...