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Leopard Capital, one of two private equity firms in Cambodia, is bullish on beer . Leopard Capital, a Cambodian private equity firm, has completed the fourth deal from its $27m debut vehicle Leopard Cambodia Fund by investing $2m in Kingdom Breweries. LCF will acquire a 55.5 per cent share of the brewery for its investment. The company, a Cambodian beer brewer, believes that with half the country’s population under the legal drinking age limit, consumption should shoot up over the next fiv
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In a recent conversation with a Canadian venture fund about bootstrapping one’s startup, I was asked whether I preferred a ‘push’ or ‘pull’ model when vetting or building new businesses. Although I had heard these terms before, this was the first time I actually considered my own partiality for a particular genre of business model. Let’s begin with some definitions. A ‘push’ model relates to entrepreneurs who launch their startup because they believe that they can develop a product or service th
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By Stefan Steinberg Global Research , July 31, 2009 World Socialist Web Site At the start of this week, German-based Deutsche Bank announced a huge increase in its profits. The bank reported a net profit of €1.1 billion in the second quarter of this year, nearly doubling its earnings over the same period last year (€645 million). The massive increase in Deutsche Bank’s profits follows record earnings for US-based Goldman Sachs. Two weeks ago, the US investment ba
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There are numerous ways to end paycheck reliance in your life, however some are obviously more feasible than others in terms of implementation. For example, winning the lottery is an excellent way to overcome your reliance on a paycheck to paycheck way of living, but how much can you really rely upon a lottery ticket to change your way of living? If you are a savvy investor and know how to put money away for a rainy day, you can actually use the interest that you’re earning to get you out of thi
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http://www.altassets.com/31 Jul 2009Source: AltAssetsLeopard Capital, a Cambodian private equity firm, has completed the fourth deal from its $27m debut vehicle Leopard Cambodia Fund by investing $2m in Kingdom Breweries.LCF will acquire a 55.5 per cent share of the brewery for its investment.The company, a Cambodian beer brewer, believes that with half the country’s population under the legal drinking age limit, consumption should shoot up over the next five to ten years.Kingdom Breweries aims