Tag: Silicon Valley
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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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Want to make that 3 or 4x fund an 8x? Then you better have reserves. A new report from Primary Venture Partners shows that reserves strategy is one of the biggest drivers of returns in venture capital. Let’s dig in… From Good to Great (Funds) Partner Jason Shuman analyzed over…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, LP, Private Equity, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, VC, Venture Capital+
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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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Yesterday, I was chatting with a wonderful young founder in New York. I mentioned trolling Crunchbase to find startups. “Wow, we need to get on there,” he replied. Today I’m going to show you the simplest way to get investors contacting you. It’s free, and it only takes about 15…
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I started investing in startups in April of 2021, like a lot of other angels. But looking around 3 years later, many of them seem to be gone. I found an interesting data set from Jason Saltzman at Live Data Technologies. It shows a huge slowdown in new angels. The…
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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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“Cynicism is the coward’s way out.” Jason Calacanis Last week, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be awesome to be on This Week in Startups some day? Maybe many years from now.” A couple days later, it happened! Jamming with JCal Host and angel investor Jason Calacanis was doing a Q&A session…
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Coinbase is one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. Its market cap is $64 billion. But in the summer of 2012, founder Brian Armstrong was in a dimly lit Silicon Valley office, practicing his pitch. Let’s dig in! What the Heck Is Bitcoin? Brian does a wonderful job of explaining…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital, YC+
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