Tag: Travel
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$1.4 million in revenue at YC Demo Day. Even in 2015, Eight Sleep was a winner. This morning, I watched their original pitch. What Matteo Gets Right Founder Matteo Franceschetti gives a brief, focused pitch. He clearly explains what the company does and shows us strong traction. Luna, as Eight…
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Here are 3 things I hate seeing in a pitch… What to Focus On Instead Instead of LOI’s, “lines of sight,” and pipeline, talk about where your business is today. “We have 3 customers paying $100 a month.” That’s not a lot of money. But it’s concrete and it’s a…
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Two more kids killed. I’ve had it. Nothing done politically. Can technology stop this? We all know about the school shooting yesterday in Minneapolis. As usual, our political system seems unable or unwilling to do anything about it. I’m tired of waiting for these idiots. Let’s do something ourselves. Cover:…
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+ Art, Finance, Gun Control, Investing, Mass Shootings, Personal finance, Photography, Public Safety, Startups, Tech, Travel, Venture Capital+
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These are the most hated people in Silicon Valley. But if you’re spending time trashing them, you’re wasting your life. A young techie in San Francisco put up a picture of himself and pals having dinner at a nice restaurant. The caption: “went to a fancy dinner in SF and…
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“If I did growth stage, I’d be all over this.” I invest at the earliest stages. But every now and then, I see a late stage startup that makes me salivate. Here are 4 of my favorites… Loyal — Loyal makes longevity treatments for dogs. Their first drugs are nearing…
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+ Construction, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Fertility, Finance, Food, Health, Investing, Longevity, Startups, Stock Market, Tech, Travel, Venture Capital, Writing+
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China is building bridges with massive robots. Is America hopelessly behind? This weekend, I heard about China’s bridge building robot on The All-In Podcast. The idea of building a bridge at warp speed with robots intrigued me. So this morning, I decided to learn more… The Iron Monster Many Chinese…
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+ Automation, Bridges, China, Economy, History, Industry, Infrastructure, Robotics, Robots, Tech, Technology, Travel+
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Every few years, Airbnb puts out Experiences with some type of rebrand. They want to be a superapp — but that’s never going to happen. Here’s why… The Ultimate Superapp: WeChat The biggest superapp in the world is China’s WeChat. You can do anything on Wechat: talk to friends, pay…
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YC’s X25 batch is in full swing. 94 companies have launched so far. Here are my 3 favorites… Zeon Systems I only see a company this exciting a couple times a year, if that. Zeon Systems is automating scientific research. You type in the experiment you want to do in…
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With four unicorns, ERA is the best accelerator in New York. So as I entered the sleek IAC building yesterday morning, I was excited to see their latest investments. We saw 15 awesome companies present. Today, I picked my 3 favorites to share with you guys. Let’s get started! Overwatch…
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“‘At night I would cry on my own in the hospital room — the treatment [to reduce inflammation of the liver] was really horrible. I kept on asking myself why I had to die at a time like this…’” Masayoshi Son was 24 years old and on top of the…
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Tremendous 