Category: Technology
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Note: This is not financial advice. Robinhood Markets is launching a new index fund to track meme stocks. From a report that broke this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The new index will increase demand for meme stocks, especially those weighted heavily like…
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Like everyone else, I get invited to a ton of Zoom calls these days. Even if the information sounds useful, I often don’t have time to attend! But what if I could read a brief, accurate summary of every call in minutes? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! That’s what…
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Who will be the last fast food worker in California? Yesterday, California passed a new law dramatically raising fast food wages. It sounds like a victory for the working class. But it’s likely to put them out of a job. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From Bloomberg: California Governor…
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Today, I saw something that would really piss Steve Jobs off. Let me explain. Never miss a post…subscribe! Websites are constantly trying to track us. Meanwhile, every browser seems to claim to protect our privacy — but do they really? Today, I ran an identical test on two leading browsers:…
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Every day, founders pitch me on their startups. This morning, I thought “Why not turn the tables for a change?” So I pitched 3 VC’s on a startup idea. But they weren’t your usual investors — all 3 were robots. 🤖 Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These robot VC’s…
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It’s tough times in startupland. Valuations are down and fundraising is hard. For cash-rich tech giants, it should be shopping season. But the big boys are sitting it out. From a report out this morning on Crunchbase News: The four most valuable American companies have enough capital to acquire any…
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Mark Twain is one of the greatest American authors. But not many people know he was also a venture capitalist. A phenomenally bad one. Twain lost the equivalent of nearly $10 million* in a single investment: the Paige Compositor. Invented by James Paige, it was one of the first typesetting…
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It didn’t take long for Adam Neumann to find controversy. Before starting his new residential real estate startup Flow, Neumann made a big investment in a company that’s suspiciously similar. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From an excellent report out yesterday in Forbes: When staff at real estate startup…
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In 2007, venture capitalist John Doerr met an intriguing young entrepreneur. His name was Elon Musk. Musk pitched Doerr on investing in his new car company, Tesla. Doerr passed. The mistake cost him billions. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The legendary investor opened up on this major regret in…
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How do angels and VC’s choose companies to invest in? Why do some founders struggle in fundraising? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I dug into all that and more recently with Travis King, co-founder of Launch Point Labs. Some interesting points: 2:42: How I choose companies to invest in…
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