Category: Business
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Last night, I scrolled through Amazon, entranced. You can buy a whole house for only $30,000! Some were as cheap as $15,000. But being Mr. Fancypants, I had my eyes on one for $72,000. I better hurry — there’s only 10 left in stock! 🙂 But as exciting as manufactured…
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+ Bay Area, Construction, Finance, Government, Housing, Money, New York City, Palo Alto, SF, Silicon Valley, YIMBY, Zoning+
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My heart just about jumped out of my chest when I saw this data. NYC now has more founders building than SF! Is It Real? This new data comes from Live Data Technologies. Their data is comprehensive, covering over 7,500 founders. It’s hard to know how meaningful this information is.…
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“Cynicism is the coward’s way out.” Jason Calacanis Last week, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be awesome to be on This Week in Startups some day? Maybe many years from now.” A couple days later, it happened! Jamming with JCal Host and angel investor Jason Calacanis was doing a Q&A session…
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Coinbase is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. Its market cap is $64 billion. But in the summer of 2012, founder Brian Armstrong was in a dimly lit Silicon Valley office, practicing his pitch. Let’s dig in! What the Heck Is Bitcoin? Brian does a wonderful job of explaining…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital, YC+
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Sales platform Apollo is valued at $1.6 billion. But in 2016, it was a little company called ZenProspect. This morning, I watched their YC Demo Day pitch. Founder Tim Zheng clearly shows us why salespeople need ZenProspect. Then, he shows us some incredible traction. Let’s dive in… A Clear Value…
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+ Apollo, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, SaaS, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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DoorDash is one of the most successful startups of the last decade, with a market cap of $56 billion. This morning, I watched their YC Demo Day pitch from 2013. Founder Tony Xu shows us a huge problem and gives us strong evidence that he’s solving it. Let’s dig into…
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Today, GitLab is valued at over $9 billion. But in 2015, it was a tiny startup with just a couple employees. Let’s dig into their YC Demo Day pitch. GitLab is a platform for software development. It lets developers collaborate, version control their code, and more. Who Ever Saw an…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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“One of the first times y’all gave me complete control over this, I actually stayed up until, geez I don’t know, like 6 A.M. playing Civilization 6.” That’s Noland Arbaugh, the first human to get a brain implant from Neuralink. The implant allows him to control his computer with his…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Disabilities, Elon Musk, Neuralink, Neuroscience, Quadriplegia, Venture Capital+
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In 2008, Airbnb was near death. Founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were living off dry cereal. If they didn’t raise this $500,000, it was probably over. This morning, I dug into the pitch deck Brian and his team used to raise that crucial round of funding. Framing the Problem…
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I’m 38 years old. Of all my friends, only one has a child, a little boy. So if I had to lay a bet, I’d say our generation is going to use a lot of IVF. A fascinating startup called Alife might make that process a lot easier. How AI…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Fathers, Fertility, Health, IVF, Machine Learning, Mothers, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 