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What I have learnt (the hard way): Christopher Witt
ByAnthill Magazine Aug 1, 2008Apr 21, 2010

Chicago-bred Christopher Witt spends plenty of time on faculty at the University of New South Wales, but he’s quick to point out that he’s no academic. Having spent his early career at big corporations such as AT&T, Telstra and Motorola, Witt is now doing his bit to help bridge the commercialisation gap as Director of the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Australian School of Business. He also puts his wisdom to good use at his investment practice, The Kalori Group.

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Meet the angel investors
ByAnthill Magazine Dec 1, 2007Feb 20, 2010

It has been noted, somewhat dryly, that to accurately gauge business angel investment dealflow one would have to frequent every café and backstreet bar in the country. In Australia, angel investors inhabit the frontier terrain that lies between the three ‘F’s – Family, Friends and Fools – and serious early-stage venture capital. With rich returns…

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The Entrepreneur vs. Venture Capitalist
ByAnthill Magazine Aug 1, 2007Apr 21, 2010

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, just one-tenth of one percent of business pitches secure venture capital investment. Yet despite the odds, many entrepreneurs remain fixated on this Holy Grail. In Anthill’s July 2004 cover story, Paul Ryan explored the divergent expectations that colour the entrepreneur/VC relationship in Australia. Three years on, he returns…

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Dr Bill Miller – Silicon Valley legend
ByAnthill Magazine Apr 1, 2007Apr 21, 2010

At the age of 81, Dr Bill Miller has spent much of his career inside the ever-evolving success story that is Silicon Valley. He has been Provost and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, specialising in fields as various as engineering, computer science, international studies, neuroscience and nanotechnology. He has also founded prominent venture funds and…

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Built to flip
ByAnthill Magazine Dec 1, 2006Apr 21, 2010

Some companies are built to be sold. The intellectual property and business processes are bedded down and bundled into a transferable package. Find a market gap, identify potential buyers, build it, drive home the value and make the trade sale. And then, if you enjoyed the ride, do it again.

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The buck starts here
ByAnthill Magazine Dec 1, 2005Apr 21, 2010

Early stage venture capitalists are entrepreneurs, too! They’re switched on, chased up and brimming with ideas on how to breathe life into commercial opportunities. But first they have to be convinced that it is an opportunities. But first they have to be convinced that it is an opportunity. Paul D. Ryan persuaded five of Australian’s…

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'The Buck Starts Here' podcast
ByAnthill Magazine Oct 1, 2005

In the final days of September 2005, Anthill editor Paul Ryan caught up with five of Australia’s leading early-stage venture capitalists. The meeting turned into a feature story. The feature story turned into a networking event, which we offered as a fly-on-the-wall audio CD. Now you can download/listen to it as a full podcast, which includes the previously unreleased Q&A session.

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‘The Buck Starts Here’ podcast
ByAnthill Magazine Oct 1, 2005Feb 22, 2010

In the final days of September 2005, Anthill editor Paul Ryan caught up with five of Australia’s leading early-stage venture capitalists. The meeting turned into a feature story. The feature story turned into a networking event, which we offered as a fly-on-the-wall audio CD. Now you can download/listen to it as a full podcast, which includes the previously unreleased Q&A session.

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Ahoy! Finance for growth
ByAnthill Magazine Jun 1, 2005Feb 20, 2010

For ambitious businesses seeking investment dollars for expansion, the high seas of capital raising are as turbulent as they are vast. With so many ‘X ’s marking so many spots, can a business builder walk the plank without getting wet? Jana Matthews charts a course for companies at all stages of development. Why do so…

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Lend me your wings
ByAnthill Magazine Apr 1, 2005Feb 20, 2010

Is there anywhere angels fear to tread? To be an angel investor, you need personal wealth, a sense of adventure, a pretty strong stomach, and most importantly, a good eye. So what do they look for? We picked the brains of three prominent insiders. Bill Payne Angel Investor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas…

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Strategy: Attracting capital – are you ready?
ByAnthill Magazine Sep 1, 2004Feb 20, 2010

The statistics are disturbing. A typical venture capital (VC) firm receives around 1,000 business plans a year, and quickly rejects 90% without a detailed review. The problem is not a shortage of investment funds — money will always be available for promising investment opportunities. Rather, most entrepreneurs do not understand the expectations and requirements of…

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The Entrepreneur vs. Venture Capitalist
ByAnthill Magazine Jul 1, 2004Feb 10, 2011

A meeting of minds or clash of heads? It is little wonder that only a small proportion of investment proposals ever successfully attract venture capital. The relationship between entrepreneurs and investors can sometimes be likened to the relationship between contestants in a boxing match, entering the ring from opposite corners, both adamant they are up…

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Memoirs of a tech wreck insider
ByAnthill Magazine Mar 1, 2004Feb 21, 2010

It’s now four years since the ‘tech-wreck’ of April 2000. Four years!!! Can you believe it? Yet, it’s so hard to move on. We continue to talk about it, romanticize it, lament it, tut-tut at our folly. And we definitely can’t stop writing about it. Like the unnamed narrator in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness,…

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