Tag: Finance
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Many entrepreneurs can tell an amazing story. But what about the hard numbers you need to back it up? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here are the type of figures that get me salivating: 1) Revenue growth. I like to see startups signing up customers at a rapid clip.…
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Startup founders sometimes tell me about mysterious “services” they’re thinking of paying for. That’s when I get out my megaphone and shout into their ear “Never pay for that!” Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Entrepreneurs are hopeful people. They have to be. But some scammers take advantage of that…
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PayPal processes over $1 trillion in payments every year. But its product began as an afterthought. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The PayPal founders’ originally wanted to beam money between PalmPilots. After all, everyone they knew had a PalmPilot! E-mailing money would be a backup in case you left…
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It’s every founder and investor’s dream: ringing the bell at the NASDAQ on the day you go public. But in 2022, that dream has been elusive as tech IPOs have vanished. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: The stock market…
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The market in AMC Entertainment Holdings Preferred Equity (APE) shares is a mess. Fails to deliver (FTDs) peaked at over 43 million shares last month, according to a report just out from the SEC. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These new shares were issued last month by AMC and…
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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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Masayoshi Son’s Softbank Group may launch a third, massive venture fund. From a report that broke this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The first two Vision funds, massive at $99 billion and $56 billion respectively, have not performed well. The first is up…
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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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Tremendous 