Category: Business
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America’s fertility rate is 1.66. I’m part of the problem — 39 with no kids thus far. With so few babies being born, America’s leadership is at risk. So, how do we get people to have some kids around here? Here are a few company ideas that might fix this…
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+ Christianity, Family, Fertility, Health, infertility, IVF, Pregnancy, Religion, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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China may lose the majority of its population by 2100. Its population has declined for three straight years. This decline will only accelerate. Fertility is rock bottom, at 1.18 children per woman. The one child policy is a major reason, along with increasing urbanization. Right on cue, China’s economy has…
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If current trends continue, the last South Korean will die in 2750. Korea’s fertility rate is 0.72 children per woman, the lowest in the world. But nearly every developed country is below the replacement rate of 2.1. The United States is at just 1.66. And although most of us are…
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+ Brazil, Contraception, Demographics, Demography, Economy, Fertility, Health, India, infertility, IVF, Korea, Medicine, Pregnancy+
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Demo day is coming up for YC’s W25 batch. This morning, I picked out the coolest startups in the group. Let’s see who I need to meet! Pave Robotics This one is insane — robots that fix cracks in roads! We could certainly use this here in Jersey, which has…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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Google’s Gemini just dropped 3 cutting edge new models. This morning, I tried them all. Are these new models really better? Let’s find out… 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental This new model is designed for multi-step reasoning. I’ve been trying to learn about missile defense recently. So, I had the model…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Finance, gemini, Google, Investing, Money, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Stock Market, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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YC recently released its Request for Startups. This morning, I decided to do my own. Here are the top 5 startups I want to see: 1. Easier Ways to Navigate Zoning. Housing costs in this country are obscene. Restrictive zoning is the main factor driving these costs. I want to…
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Open your mailbox. Inside: a check for $1,000. “I wonder what Elon cut this time?” you wonder. “Ahh, DEI programs…awesome!” The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already saved about $1 billion a day in federal spending. That’s enough to send every man, woman and child in America a check…
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+ Doge, Donald Trump, Elon, Elon Musk, Finance, Government, MAGA, Money, News, Politics, Trump, Washington+
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Cyan Banister is one of the greatest investors of all time. She goes to a lot of weird conferences. So I’ve decided to do the same. To that end, I’ll be hitting New York Build in March. I know nothing about real estate or construction. I have 0 involvement with…
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+ Construction, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Investment, Money, passive-income, Personal finance, Real estate, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Valuations for early stage startups jumped in 2024, according to a new report from AngelList. Pre-seed valuations are up 20% while seed prices rose 18%. Median pre-seed valuations hit $10 million pre-money. Seed reached a heady $20 million. This marks a big increase from 2023, when the median pre-seed was…
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+ Angel, Angel Investor, Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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The entire world seems to be talking about DeepSeek. But how good is it really? Today, I put it up against the best I’ve ever seen: Gemini Advanced 1.5 Pro with Deep Research. Developers can game benchmarks. So I put these 2 models through a real world test, asking a…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, gemini, Google, Investing, LLM, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 