BMUN LXIX BVC

  What is Venture Capital? Dear delegates, This week I am going to be explaining what exactly venture capital is, which is especially important considering our committee name is Berkeley Venture Capital. Seeing that this committee is about the formation of products, it is safe to assume that venture capital pertains to outside investment in companies that are in their earliest stages. In actuality, the investment known as venture capital can be structured in two ways: equity or convertible debt. The concept of equity is when the investor gets a stake in your company in exchange for giving you money. For example, if an investor were to give you $100,000 in exchange for 10% equity, then they would be valuing your company at a million dollars at the time of the investment. It is important to note that an investor’s equity in your company is calculated with its value at the moment that this exchange is taking place; it is not based on the future potential of your company. The seco...

  Pitch Decks Instead of collaborating with other delegates to write a resolution, you're going to be creating a pitch deck for your products. A lot of the work is going to be done in committee (hence the full tech policy), and the work that you are doing for your position paper is going to be the bare fundamentals of your pitch deck. This is an example pitch deck of Airbnb, one of the first ones that they made. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mQP1BRFWsr3JOXNtnXRoB1aUkTyWRNTN/view?usp=sharing Pitch decks are used by entrepreneurs and founders to demonstrate why people should invest in their company. If you want to check out some more, try this  link .

  Brainstorming Tips BVC asks a lot of its delegates -- it's hard to come up with an entirely new idea or concept related to environmental sustainability. Below are three core tips for ideation that may help you think of an idea: 1: Figure out the best way that you think and run with it - Personally, I like to talk things out. Sometimes my ideas flow better through words than writing - Other people prefer word mapping, drawing, or researching as much as possible - Sometimes, talking to other people (friends, parents, siblings) is another way to come up with good ideas 2: Identify a problem - What is something that you know is a problem around the world - How could you fix it? - Why is it not getting fixed? 3: Write out EVERYTHING you are thinking  - At this point, quantity over quality. It's better to have a lot of ideas to narrow down and combine than just two ideas which may not work out - Encourage weird ideas. - Write everything down, no matter how outlandish it may seem A...

  Hello BVC Delegates, As conference approaches and in light of some of the position papers that we have received so far, now serves as an opportune time to delve deeper into the more obtuse yet incredibly important details of entrepreneurship and venture capital, albeit it this time from the investors point of view, and the considerations and factors that they might value when comparing pitches and business proposals. While our main goal is to facilitate the processes of innovation and enterprise in regards to sustainable development, the performance or potential of your business is of utmost importance; and while judging the effectiveness or inventiveness of new products and services is somewhat subjective, one can objectively compare a businesses' profitability by comparing key financial ratios and metrics on their balance sheet. Obviously, as our committee is a simulation, there will not be explicit balance sheet numbers (We won't make you do all that math), but the princip...

 Hi everyone! My name is Neha Dubey and I’m the head chair of BVC, along with my vice-chairs Anushree Gupte and Brandon Rowell. I'm a senior at Berkeley studying Business Administration and minoring in Global Studies, with interests in finance and globalization in Asia. This is my fourth year as part of BVC, and my third year as head chair of the committee and I’m incredibly excited to be a part of this committee once more. I chose the topic of refugees to highlight the impact that technology can have when the individuals working on products are helping improve the lives of marginalized individuals. This is my eighth year involved in Model United Nations, and my fourth year on the BMUN secretariat. Outside of Model UN, I watch (a lot) of basketball and love trying new coffee shops around the Bay Area. A fun fact about me is that I'm moving to the East Coast after I graduate and I'm always looking for good recommendations for hiking in the Bay Area! I’m already looking forwa...