Tag: Silicon Valley
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PayPal processes over $1 trillion in payments every year. But its product began as an afterthought. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The PayPal founders’ originally wanted to beam money between PalmPilots. After all, everyone they knew had a PalmPilot! E-mailing money would be a backup in case you left…
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It’s every founder and investor’s dream: ringing the bell at the NASDAQ on the day you go public. But in 2022, that dream has been elusive as tech IPOs have vanished. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: The stock market…
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“We love recessions. Best time to invest in our experience.” That’s Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital and perhaps the greatest VC of all time. Today, I dug into a fascinating talk he gave in 2010 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe!…
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I see a lot of awesome startup ideas every day, from plant-based salami to rocket fuels. These entrepreneurs know how to build great businesses, but often have no idea how to communicate with investors. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some founders give me tons of details — but none…
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Mark Twain is one of the greatest American authors. But not many people know he was also a venture capitalist. A phenomenally bad one. Twain lost the equivalent of nearly $10 million* in a single investment: the Paige Compositor. Invented by James Paige, it was one of the first typesetting…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, History, Inventions, Investing, Literature, Mark Twain, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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One of the hardest things for any startup is attracting great employees. But new research from Harvard Business School points to a shortcut: New research finds that job seekers are two-thirds more likely to apply to a startup if they know it is backed by a top venture capital (VC)…
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It didn’t take long for Adam Neumann to find controversy. Before starting his new residential real estate startup Flow, Neumann made a big investment in a company that’s suspiciously similar. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From an excellent report out yesterday in Forbes: When staff at real estate startup…
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In 2007, venture capitalist John Doerr met an intriguing young entrepreneur. His name was Elon Musk. Musk pitched Doerr on investing in his new car company, Tesla. Doerr passed. The mistake cost him billions. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The legendary investor opened up on this major regret in…
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How do angels and VC’s choose companies to invest in? Why do some founders struggle in fundraising? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I dug into all that and more recently with Travis King, co-founder of Launch Point Labs. Some interesting points: 2:42: How I choose companies to invest in…
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He’s baaaack! Adam Neumann, the controversial WeWork founder, has a new startup called Flow. This time, Neumann plans to transform the home rather than the workplace. Details are scant, but Flow appears to be a sort of WeWork for apartments. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Today, venture firm Andreessen…
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