Tag: Fertility
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“If I did growth stage, I’d be all over this.” I invest at the earliest stages. But every now and then, I see a late stage startup that makes me salivate. Here are 4 of my favorites… Loyal — Loyal makes longevity treatments for dogs. Their first drugs are nearing…
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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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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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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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By 2054, South Korea could lose two thirds of its population. The scenario is not a war or pandemic. It is a collapse in fertility. South Korea’s fertility rate stands at 0.72, the lowest in the world. At current rates, South Korea could cease to exist within 500 years. And…
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We investors usually sit back and wait to see what founders will create. But today, I’m going to tell you the exact startups I want you to make. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: take one of these ideas. Make it a startup. Then come talk to me.…
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Part of my job as an investor is to try to imagine what the future could look like. So today, I spent a little time daydreaming… Here are 3 technologies I think could change the world completely — for the better. 1) Ageless fertility. Women in America are having children…
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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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