Way Of The VC (July 27th - Aug 1st)

Here we bring you some of our highlights this week. Plenty of exciting events this week.

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Investment Opportunities
Music Startup
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/popular-music-company.html

Sports Marketing
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/reply.html

Posts
Comparison of VC investments (by geography)
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/europe-falls-behind-silicon-valley-in.html

In VC Investments, Its Pre-Money and Options that Matters
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

Too much money chasing too little deals
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/matrix-partners-waves-off-venture.html

Even Star VCs have difficulty raising funds
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/draper-fisher-rounds-up-196m-for-scaled.html

Mobile Tech
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/investors-watching-for-second-wave-of_17.html

Sports  Fan
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/will-sports-fanatics-ante-up-online.html

China IPO Market Hot!
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/us-ipo-market-may-be-dead-for-pe-but.html

Events
Call for Business Plan Pitches by Dragon Venture / Nano Frontier (July 27th)
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/fwd-my-colleague-meeting-with-you-on.html

INSEAD PE/VC Class (Dateline July 27th)
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/06/re-invitation-to-submit-project.html

Guest Lecture at Singapore Management University (Aug 14th)

Jobs
Career Advice for Engineers
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/sure-happy-to-help.html

VC/PE Jobs Newsletter
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/06/pre-mba-vc-newsletter-06232009.html

Interview:
Freemium beats advertising
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/gaming-business-models-freemium-beats.html

Videos:
Tan Yinglan Guest Lecture at SPRING-SMU Advanced Management Program
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/guest-lecture-at-smu-spring-amp.html

Deal Of the Week:
Sequoia-backed Zappos exits (trade sale to Amazon)
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/zappos-not-exactly-another-dot-com.html

Exit of the Week:
Caryle-backed China Pacific
http://www.wayofthevc.com/2009/07/carlyle-backed-china-pacific-confirms_5129.html

Quote of the week: Create a leaderful organisation.

Nominate an entrepreneur or social changemaker for the Asia Pacific
Future 100 (http://www.fyse.org/index.php?p=1_6_Asia-Pacific-
Future-100).

Good Day,
Yinglan
Way Of The VC

Tip us off if there's any event or startup we should know about. Or if
you're interested in sponsorship (lianpheng@WayOfTheVC.com)

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