Tag: Finance
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Founders are using AI to build incredible products. And now, I’m using it to evaluate their businesses. Here’s how… When I was researching a startup in the past, I had to Google a hundred things and hope I’d find the right info. Team, possible competitors, market size, you name it.…
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“I’ve come to get what’s mine,” Hetty Green told the bank president. Her entire $25 million fortune was on the line as the bank neared insolvency. And Hetty wasn’t about to take a loss. Hetty prevailed, as she did in so many deals. When she died in 1916, she left…
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“During the 2019-23 period, I have used the words ‘mistake’ or ‘error’ 16 times in my letters to you. Many other huge companies have never used either word over that span.” Berkshire Hathaway turned in an incredible 2024, with operating earnings up 27%. But in his annual letter on Saturday,…
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Note: This is not investment advice. I’m using Grok 3 to help manage my stock portfolio. It had some great insights that are going to make me a lot of money. Let me show you what I did and how you can use Grok to help you with your investments…
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Paul Graham says your curiosity is the best way to tell what’s worth paying attention to. So when I scrolled through the YC directory this morning, I let curiosity lead me to the coolest startups. Since we dug into the W25 cohort two weeks ago, many more startups have launched…
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I once met a startup that was $700,000 in debt. Never do this. Angels and VC’s invest money to buy shares in a company. If the company runs out of cash, you don’t have to pay us back. But there is another source of funding for startups: debt. First off,…
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VC’s love to make fun of Europe. But here’s what most of them won’t tell you: they’re doing more investments there. America innovates, China replicates, Europe regulates. Cue the picture of the bottle cap. I know, I make fun of Europe too! But I’m also doing more investments there. And…
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Demo day is coming up for YC’s W25 batch. This morning, I picked out the coolest startups in the group. Let’s see who I need to meet! Pave Robotics This one is insane — robots that fix cracks in roads! We could certainly use this here in Jersey, which has…
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Google’s Gemini just dropped 3 cutting edge new models. This morning, I tried them all. Are these new models really better? Let’s find out… 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental This new model is designed for multi-step reasoning. I’ve been trying to learn about missile defense recently. So, I had the model…
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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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