As world economies have struggled through the downturn, China stands uniquely alone as a vast market with the promise of strong, attractive growth. While the US market was contracting, China saw GDP growth of 8% in 2009. After building a tight knit VC/PE infrastructure for over a decade, a new crop of seasoned China VCs are [...]

China’s paying accounts rose 30.9% quarter on quarter to 77,000 in the management-type software-as-a-service (SaaS) market in the third quarter of 2009, according to a data report released lately by Analysys International. Of the total paying accounts, 21,800 or 28.2% were from www.Youshang.com, an e-commerce platform under Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 0268). Youshang.com ranked [...]

STEPHEN PAGLIUCA’S run for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has stirred up memories of the bitter 1994 challenge for the seat by Mitt Romney. When polls showed Romney edging ahead on the basis of his business experience, Kennedy’s media consultant, Tad Devine, went to film angry workers [...]

SupportSpace, a company that provides on-demand remote tech support solutions, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding. The round was led byEmergence Capital Partners and also included previous investors BRM Group and Gemini Israel. SupportSpace has raised $24.25M in total funding so far. Kevin Spain of Emergence Capital Partners has also taken a board seat as [...]

If you’ve ever tried searching the web for financial advice, you probably know just how much junk there is out there. Sure, there may be a few diamonds in the rough, but oftentimes the best results go to the finance ‘experts’ who are good at SEO – not the ones who know what they’re talking [...]

The domain name russia.com has been purchased by an undisclosed buyer for $1.5 million through marketplaceSedo, reports Yakov Sadchikov over on the Quintura blog. Currently an online guide for travelers who would like to visit the country, Russia.com is an operation of Paley Media, a Seattle, WA-based consultancy firm that runs the show for many [...]

Recently, typing the words private equity financing into a commercial search engine yielded 1,990,000 entries, more than a few announcing a funding victory. “There is a significant amount of private equity capital chasing investment opportunities,” says Atlanta-based Fentress Seagroves, managing director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services group. “And the pace is accelerating.” Though private equity funds [...]

One of the important statements in financial statement analysis is the balance sheet. The balance sheet shows your assets, what you own; your liabilities, what you owe; and your owner’s equity, yours and other investor’s investment in the small business firm. Below is a line by line discussion of the items on a sample balance [...]

Without analyzing financial data from your small business firm, you, as the owner, would be flying blind. Even if the financial end of things is not your favorite part of your business and you intend to outsource as much of it as possible, you still have to understand it. Why? Because you have to understand [...]