Tag: Finance
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I recently met with a startup that’s dead broke. They’re convinced that if only they could raise another round, everything will work. It won’t. Here’s why… Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some startups are negative gross margin businesses. Think of this as the old cliche, “We lose money on…
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“This situation must be controlled before it’s too late! They are multiplying too rapidly.” The Dawn of the Dead, 1978 That friendly VC you met on Zoom might not be what he seems. He might be…the undead! Zombie venture firms are firms that can’t raise a new fund. So, they…
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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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Every day, there seems to be a new AI chatbot. But what if one bot could query any of them — one chatbot to rule them all? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Enter Poe, a new chatbot from Quora. Poe can query three different chatbots to help you find…
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Selling to consumers is hard. They can be fickle, hard to pin down, and just plain cheap. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! As an investor, I’ve seen some business models work better than others. Let’s break down what works and what doesn’t in consumer: Marketplaces Marketplaces have been my…
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What if you could ask the best scientists on earth any question you want, any time? New chatbots are making that a reality. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Consensus searches 200 million scholarly publications to answer questions on medicine, science, and even economics. Let’s give it a try! I…
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Many startups I invested in are coming back and asking for more. So how do I decide to double down — or cut my losses? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here’s how I approach follow-on funding: Performance I want to see startups triple revenue year over year after I…
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“As a start-up CEO I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.” Ben Horowitz Today, Ben Horowitz is the billionaire co-founder of a16z and one of the most important people in tech. But 20 years ago, he was the CEO of a penny stock startup…
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Short sellers are running for the exits as markets rally. Short covering has hit its highest level in over 7 years, according to a Financial Times report: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Equity markets have risen sharply so far this year, led by many of the speculative stocks that…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Citadel and several other financial firms to produce employee cell phone records. From a new report in Bloomberg: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The Securities and Exchange Commission recently asked Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management, Ken Griffin’s Citadel and several other firms…
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