Tag: Money
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At age 29, Charlie Munger’s marriage was falling apart and his son was dying of leukemia. “A friend remembers that Charlie would visit his dying son in the hospital and then walk the streets of Pasadena crying.” I cannot imagine anything worse. And yet, Munger came back from it. He…
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I recently spoke with a reader of this blog. He noticed something strange about a lot of the other articles in his inbox. “Most of the newsletters I get seem to be written by AI,” he explained. He’s probably right! But I never, ever use AI to write this blog.…
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When I first moved to New Jersey in 2014, I weighed 40 pounds more than I do today. I also had a lot less money than I do now. One of the key ways I got from there to here was learning how to cook. Gradually, I picked up the…
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iWashie was raising $600,000 at a very attractive valuation. It was growing like crazy. But I passed. This company is a composite and I changed the name and some identifying details. But it illustrates a key point: the size of the market matters. An Amazing Startup iWashie is a SaaS…
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I recently met a great young lady named Jill*. She works at a major tech company and wanted to get into angel investing. But she didn’t know where to start. Three years ago, I was where Jill is. Today, I have 28 investments and counting. Here’s the best way to…
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+ Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital+
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In 2008, Brian Chesky was trying to raise $150,000. For this sum, you could’ve owned 10% of Airbnb. His friend Michael Seibel introduced him to 7 top investors, but Brian didn’t get a single check. Today, that 10% stake would be worth about $5 billion.* Let’s look at the reasons…
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He pulls a tablecloth from beneath a pyramid of wine glasses. They scarcely move an inch. This is Astribot, a new robot from Chinese startup Stardust Intelligence. In an incredible new demo, Astribot cooks, decants wine, and even irons a shirt. And should you need a little Chinese calligraphy done,…
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+ AI, Android, Artificial Intelligence, Futurism, Money, Robot, Robotics, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tesla, Venture Capital+
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How do you know if one of your investments is a winner? And when you find one, what’s the best way to double down? I dug into some real venture capital inside baseball with top angel Jason Calacanis on the latest This Week in Startups. One of the best ways…
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This morning, I opened LinkedIn and saw 26 new connection requests. Here’s how I decide who I’m actually going to meet. My Checklist 1) Launched product. No matter what kind of company you have, you eventually need to launch a product. I invest in software. Most technical founders can pop…
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Last night, I scrolled through Amazon, entranced. You can buy a whole house for only $30,000! Some were as cheap as $15,000. But being Mr. Fancypants, I had my eyes on one for $72,000. I better hurry — there’s only 10 left in stock! 🙂 But as exciting as manufactured…
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+ Bay Area, Construction, Finance, Government, Housing, Money, New York City, Palo Alto, SF, Silicon Valley, YIMBY, Zoning+
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