Tag: Investing
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Every now and then, I meet a hardworking founder with some great tech. But I know I’ll never invest in their business. Despite founders’ best intentions, some companies develop serious problems. Those problems can make a startup untouchable for investors. We put those companies in the “too hard bucket.”* And…
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Nearly a quarter of all New York City office space is vacant. Now, the pain is spreading to the city’s budget. From a report out this morning in Bloomberg: The atrium at 60 Wall Street was once a thoroughfare for thousands of Deutsche Bank AG employees. These days it’s eerily…
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Last night, I got a call from my old friend Matt. Matt had a problem. He had saved some money, but was terrified to invest it. “What if I lose it?” he asked? So I explained to him the core concept behind all of my investments. Get the blog before…
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Venture capital investment in AI is exploding. But are we setting ourselves up for disaster? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Analysts at research firm PitchBook predict that venture investment in generative AI companies will easily be several times…
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“A lot of real estate isn’t so good any more,” Munger said. “We have a lot of troubled office buildings, a lot of troubled shopping centres, a lot of troubled other properties. There’s a lot of agony out there.” Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger has truly seen it all.…
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I have a problem. I invested in an amazing founder. But he’s in the wrong market. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! His name is Jim. He runs a consumer SaaS company. Actually, his name isn’t Jim and that’s not his market either. This is a composite. Jim works really…
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“…if you’re a Series C stage startup, you’re a late stage startup, with let’s call it a pre-AI model, the spigot is just turned off completely.” David Sacks The year was 2021, and late stage startups never had it so good. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Tiger Global was…
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“It’s an absolute bloodbath.” Cameron Lester, Jefferies. Down rounds in unicorn startups are everywhere in today’s funding crunch. Should we be worried? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this morning in Bloomberg: Toward the end of 2022, down rounds hit near five-year highs, according to research…
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I hadn’t heard from one of my companies in over a year. I was starting to get worried. Turns out, they were busy. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! When I heard from the founder yesterday, I was stunned. The little seed stage SaaS company I backed in the summer…
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Tremendous 