Tag: Money
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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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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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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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We investors have no function except to find and help the next Google. But, uh, where is it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Finding the great companies of the future is a huge part of our job. I look at 150-250 companies every month. I choose one. Since I…
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I just passed on a company growing 80% month over month. Instead, I chose one growing more slowly. Have I lost my mind? Not yet. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These two companies illustrate one of the most important principles in venture capital: market size matters. Without a large…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just released its top enforcement priorities for the year. Rather than dig into systemic fraud in our markets, they’ll be regulating….confetti? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! According to a report out this morning on Reuters, the SEC will be focusing on: ”…behavioral prompts,…
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