Tag: California
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The fries are golden brown. The wagyu blend burgers are juicy. Welcome to the world’s first robot restaurant. From a report out this morning from NPR: “What is believed to be the world’s first automated restaurant is opening in Pasadena, California. Customers at the CaliExpress will order food from self-service…
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Housing costs are out of control. We all know it — but how do we fix it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Construction delays are a major driver of costs. If only we could design buildings easily, get them approved, and break ground sooner! TANGObuilder makes that possible. This…
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CalPERS did everything right. It won access to some of the finest venture firms: NEA, Khosla. The returns? Terrible. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! New data is pulling back the curtain on VC returns. For the $440 billion California pension fund, many venture investments have notched poor results. From…
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“We love recessions. Best time to invest in our experience.” That’s Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital and perhaps the greatest VC of all time. Today, I dug into a fascinating talk he gave in 2010 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe!…
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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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Note: This is not financial advice. It’s not looking good for hedge funds. Investors pulled nearly $28 billion in the second quarter, disillusioned by poor performance. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a new Reuters report: Amid high volatile [sic] across markets, investors redeemed $27.5 billion of hedge funds…
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The US West Coast wildfire season used to be 4 months long. Now it’s 8, running from May to January. 2.5 million acres of land have burned in California alone this year. But for desperate homeowners in fire prone regions, there may be hope. Several new technologies have been developed…
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If you run a retail business, you know what a royal pain online review sites can be. Get one unreasonable customer, and all of a sudden their bad day is turned into your business nightmare. An angry one star screed torpedoes your average and you’re left to rebuild, bit by…
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I got an interesting message in my e-mail this morning. The NPR Planet Money newsletter reviewed the prior nearly ten years in legal marijuana in some states, and came to some interesting conclusions: What’s changed: More marijuana use Way more jobs Way more tax revenue. California makes over $600 million…
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Tremendous 