Category: Business
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This $750,000 term sheet was going to save the company. The founder was elated. And then, a phone call. The investor was pulling out. Investors can pull a term sheet for any reason. It’s rare, but when it happens it can leave a company crippled. Worst of all, it can…
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Most startups will never be a huge success. Their vision isn’t big enough. Let’s take a look at 3 of the most successful startups of the 2020’s. All have reached valuations of over $10 billion. Each of these founders imagined a radically different world, then went out and made it…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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There’s an AI model that’s 13x faster than ChatGPT. The cost: $0. But can Mistral’s Le Chat beat the best tools from the US? This morning, I put the French model through its paces. I asked it 3 questions I actually need the answer to. I posed these same 3…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, ChatGPT, France, Grok, Mistral, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Some of the greatest companies in the history of capitalism are selling at ridiculously low prices right now. How would you like to have Warren Buffett as your personal money manager? Today, he’s available at a discount: just 12 times earnings. And Berkshire isn’t the only blue chip that’s on…
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+ Berkshire, Finance, Investing, Money, Personal finance, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Tesla, Warren Buffett+
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Google recently dropped its most advanced model yet, 2.5 Pro. This morning, I put it through 3 real world tests to see if Google can beat the best model I’ve used so far: Grok 3. I asked it 3 questions I actually need the answer to. These are the same…
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+ AI, Artifcial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Finance, Grok, Investing, Money, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Trump’s new tariffs are making headlines. But a less noticed trend could be a lot more important: a recent fall in interest rates. Tariffs raise the cost of imported goods. Interest rates determine what we pay to borrow for a home, auto, or credit card loan. For most startups, the…
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The last two checks I wrote were into companies I met a year ago. This is why building relationships over time is so important if you want to raise money. “Investors invest in lines, not dots.” Mark Suster My Portfolio Behind the Scenes Let’s take a look at those two…
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Taichi Ohno invented modern, just-in-time manufacturing at Toyota. Near the end of his career, Ohno gave up his entire playbook in one slim volume, The Toyota Production System. So when I found an antiquated looking copy in a Little Free Library near my home, I had to give it a…
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+ business-growth, Entrepreneur, Factory, Management, Manufacturing, Reading, Stock Market, Stocks, success-tips, teamwork, Tech, Toyota+
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“If a commercial company operated the way the federal government does, then it would immediately go bankrupt, it would be delisted, the officers would be arrested.” Elon Musk America is $36.2 trillion in debt. We’re adding another trillion every few months. At this rate, we are headed for national bankruptcy.…
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+ Donald Trump, Economy, Elon, Elon Musk, Government, News, Politics, Silicon Valley, Tech, Trump, Washington+
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Here’s how I know I met a great founder: he’s at a customer site when we talk, sitting next to the Pepsi machine. Too often, investors look for the wrong things when they meet a founder. Did he go to Harvard? Is he in San Francisco? Is a big name…
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+ Business, Conferences, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Personal finance, SaaS, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 