Author: tremendousblog
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It may be tough times in startupland, but one area is bucking the trend: seed stage. Median pre-money valuations are up 33% year over year, according to a report released yesterday by Pitchbook: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Seed is my playground. And seed investors are wise to continue…
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Over $500 billion in venture capital is sitting on the sidelines, according to a report that broke this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Across the market, fewer deals are getting done. Deals were down 24% in the second quarter, per Pitchbook. That likely…
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I had wandered into a foreign land. The people spoke a strange tongue…CAC, LTV, SMB. How could I join their tribe and learn their ways? I consulted the oracle: Google. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The world of startups has a language all its own. When I started angel…
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A major state-backed investment fund in China is in shambles as several top executives have been arrested. From the MIT Technology Review: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! China’s chipmaking industry descended into chaos last week, with at least four top executives associated with a state-owned semiconductor fund arrested on…
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For generations, preventing pregnancy has fallen mostly on women. Men have few ways to help, aside from often ineffective condoms. With abortion now illegal in many states, the need for contraception is the greatest in 50 years. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! So I was excited to learn today…
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Note: This is not financial advice. Hedge fund colossus Tiger Global Management is fighting for its life. Its public stock funds have lost between 50 and 64% this year, vaporizing billions. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report that broke last night in the Financial Times: Chase Coleman’s…
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We went deeper and deeper into the forest. Tents and shelters disappeared, replaced by foxes, deer, and silence. We pulled up to a small clearing, scarcely another human in sight. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! This is Steam Mill Campground in Stokes State Forest. The 16,000 acre park in…
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Trading in shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. just gets stranger and stranger. A new report from the SEC shows fails to deliver dropped to 205,675 shares in the first half of July, the latest reporting period. This is down from a high of nearly 9.7 million just two weeks…
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Exciting news out this week as legendary venture firm Sequoia Capital comes to NYC. Its new offices near Union Square are the firm’s first American branch outside the Bay Area. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From The Information: Sequoia Capital, the Menlo Park, Calif.–based venture capital firm known for…
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Chinese homebuyers are refusing to pay their mortgages in a boycott that’s spreading across the country. Many fear the homes they’re paying for will never be finished. Now, suppliers to builders are also defaulting on loans. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From ABC News Australia: A fast-growing mortgage boycott…
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