Tag: Money
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Benchmark Capital might be the greatest venture firm on the planet. I stole a trick from them — and you can use it too! This morning, I was chatting with a great young founder. We got past all the numbers and on to a real conversation. He opened up to…
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Sequoia Capital lost $115 million investing in FTX. Partner Alfred Lin says they’d do it again. From Bloomberg: “I looked at the work we did 15 different ways,” Lin said Thursday at the Bloomberg Technology Summit. “We probably would have made the investment again.” Sequoia’s business lies in trusting founders…
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“Did you own a lot of crypto?” my lunch companion asked? “Actually, I never put a dime into that.” “That’s impressive.” Since the market peak in 2021, crypto has been crushed. What was supposed to be the future looks increasingly like the past. The NASDAQ Crypto Index of major tokens…
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Late stage startups are running out of options. For every $3 they want to raise, just $1 is available. From a new Pitchbook report: The capital landscape during H1 has not seen significant improvement for late-stage and venture growth companies. The capital supply and demand dynamic is still skewed, with…
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I’m finalizing my biggest ever investment in a startup. Let me take you inside the research process I used to make this decision. I read all materials, often multiple times. I extract key passages and take notes on them. For every company, I want to know how much money is…
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When I was little, my mom and I used to love strolling through the Park Plaza Mall in Oshkosh, WI. Crowds of shoppers bustled past neon signs for Younkers and Maurice’s. Today, all of that is gone. All that remains are a few tomblike offices. The once-crowded corridors are so…
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Jack Welch was one of the most famous CEO’s of his time. So how do you buttonhole him at a book signing and get him to speak at a class he’s never even heard of? “Is it a ridiculous idea for you to speak at the negotiation class I teach…
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+ Crime, Entrepreneur, Founders, Investing, Management, Money, Negotiation, Startups, Venture Capital+
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Just when we thought AI couldn’t get any hotter, it got hotter. Yesterday, Masayoshi Son announced plans to take the industry by storm. From a report out overnight in CNBC: SoftBank Group chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said that the Japanese investment firm plans to shift from “defense…
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A major rally this year has punished short sellers, leading to massive losses. From a report out overnight in The Wall Street Journal: Short sellers have incurred roughly $120 billion in mark-to-market losses this year, including $72 billion in the first half of June, according to S3. “There are still…
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Tremendous 