Category: Technology
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I’m seeing tons of seed rounds at $40 million and up. Here’s why those will turn out to be bad investments…. Venture Funds Need Massive Growth Startups raising seed rounds at $40M need to hit $1B ARR within 10 years. That is a near-impossible task. But any less, and it’s…
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A strange number popped up on my phone this morning. It was Boardy, the first AI venture capitalist. And it looks like we may be working together… Boardy is an an AI agent that helps you find customers, investors, and employees. Scrolling X last night, I saw a post on…
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+ AI, AI Agents, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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You’ve got six months runway left. Finally, a VC offers you a term sheet. But it’s a low ball offer. Should you take it? Browsing Reddit this morning, I came across a founder in this very situation. A Midwest VC offered him a term sheet at a low valuation with…
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ARR = Best Day x 365. This is NOT how you calculate your Annual Recurring Revenue. Let me show you how to do it like a professional… What to Include Pull all your customer contracts. We are calculating a live ARR number, so only include customers that you are actually…
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+ Accounting, Business, Entrepreneur, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Personal finance, SaaS, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology+
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Germany’s car industry has lost 51,000 jobs in the last year. VW cut 35,000, ThyssenKrupp 11,000, and Bosch nearly 6,000. What’s causing the collapse in German industry? Crushed By Energy Prices German manufacturers are cutting capacity because building things in Germany has become too expensive. One of the biggest culprits…
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Want to build a $100 billion company? Give people a new way to earn money. From Uber and Airbnb to the AI model training companies of today, this is a powerful business model. Ever have a hard time getting anyone to care about your product? What founder hasn’t, right? If…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Founders, Investing, Robotics, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Google’s new Nano Banana Pro is the best image model I’ve ever tested. From hilarious fake photos to serious infographics, this model excels. Yesterday, Google dropped Nano Banana Pro. This new model can create infographics from data you provide, adjust camera angles, and even turn blueprints into realistic structures. Let…
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If you’re an early-stage founder, you probably don’t have much money. Here’s how to extend your personal runway so your startup has the best shot at success… Housing — Think Corona, Not Tribeca This is most people’s biggest expense, which makes it the most important place to optimize. Housing prices…
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Gemini 3.0 Pro dominates AI benchmarks. But in my real world testing, Grok 4.1 Thinking comes out on top. Google’s new mode is ranked #1 in LMArena. It scores off the charts in a variety of AI benchmarks, like Humanity’s Last Exam. But the best way to test a model…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon, Elon Musk, gemini, GOOG, Google, Grok, Large Language Model, LLM, Technology, xAI+
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Elon just dropped Grok 4.1. I tested it this morning. This is the best model I’ve ever used. xAI’s claims 4.1 has fewer hallucinations than prior models. It ranks number one on LMArena, ahead of Gemini, Claude and ChatGPT. Let’s see what this thing can do! Round #1: Are Consumers…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Elon, Elon Musk, Grok, LLM, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, xAI+
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Tremendous 