Loic Souetre

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Entrepreneurship is The Future of Healthcare

by on August 3, 2017 3:57 pm
Entrepreneurship is tough. You have a little bit of craziness to be an entrepreneur. But entrepreneurship in healthcare, some would consider that suicide. The industry is known as extremely slow to adopt innovation, ruled by hundreds of regulations, with many players attached to status quo and opaque revenue streams. Take all the typical challenges that… Read more Entrepreneurship is The Future of Healthcare
Loic Souetre - MS&E 238 Stanford University

The Rise Of Venture Capital

by on July 28, 2017 2:27 am
Venture Capital is so familiar in the startup world that we tend to forget how it emerged. Its thriving success in the technology industry is all over most startup blogs. Company X has raised $10M to invest in growth; fund Y raised $1B to invest in healthcare and company Z did an IPO. On the… Read more The Rise Of Venture Capital
Loic Souetre - Stanford MS&E 238

Musk’s Insane Financial Moves to Sustain His Companies

by on July 21, 2017 12:33 am
At 45 years old, the South-African entrepreneur Elon Musk has built a $50B business empire focusing on clean-tech and space exploration. Considered one of the most risk-seeking entrepreneurs the Silicon Valley has seen, Musk’s have adopted some very unusual financial moves to raise capital and sustain his companies. After making a fortune through Paypal’s acquisition,… Read more Musk’s Insane Financial Moves to Sustain His Companies

How Profitable Is The Venture Capital Business ?

by on July 14, 2017 11:53 am
The landscape of venture capital (VC) has significantly evolved over the past years, and the industry is in great shape. VCs have raised a tremendous amount of capital ready to be invested, startups are disrupting industries through cutting edge technologies, and the tech’ IPO market is improving. Carl Eschenbach, partner at Sequoia Capital, was quite… Read more How Profitable Is The Venture Capital Business ?

The Valley Might Be in a Tech’ Bubble

by on July 7, 2017 11:51 am
During his talk, Mr. Cruz briefly spoke of the flourishing ecosystem in California, especially within the Silicon Valley. He mentioned new technologies and implementations that the state of California is working on, but it seems to me that a major issue linked to that matter may impact the state: the case for a tech’ bubble.… Read more The Valley Might Be in a Tech’ Bubble