Tag: Venture Capital
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Top executives dumped shares in First Republic bank this year, shortly before its near collapse and rescue. These sales were not part of pre-announced plans. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From The Wall Street Journal: Top executives of First Republic Bank sold millions of dollars of company stock in…
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All modern economies use money. You have to put your money somewhere. Shouldn’t it be safe? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The Federal Reserve thinks it should be, and I couldn’t agree more. Over the weekend, the Fed, Treasury and FDIC acted decisively to stop the banking crisis. From…
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When your founders’ butts are on the line, don’t be loyal to a bank. Be loyal to your founders. That’s my biggest lesson from the chaos at Silicon Valley Bank. SVB was just shut down by the FDIC. Companies could lose deposits above $250,000. From Bloomberg: Uninsured depositors will get…
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Raising money just got harder. Global venture capital funding fell 65% in February from a year prior, according to a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! As an investor, I see the funding freeze every day. Many startups I meet are completely out…
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What’s scarier than a clown? A pre-revenue startup with a $5 billion valuation. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! That was autonomous trucking startup Embark Trucks, which now faces liquidation. From Crunchbase News: Autonomous trucking startup Embark Trucks capped off one of the faster riches-to-rags stories of the SPAC era, announcing that…
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For decades, if you wanted to build a startup, you had to be in Silicon Valley. But today, the best place might just be Tennessee. Or Omaha. Or Little Rock. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! In today’s market, building away from the coasts offers some huge advantages: 1) Lower…
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What does everyone get wrong about angel investing? What’s the future of Twitter? I dug into that and more recently at Starta VC! Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! A bunch of smart young interns at Starta peppered me with questions for an hour. Their knowledge and depth of thinking…
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Sounds crazy, right? But doubling our population is the goal of one of the hottest new startups, Figure. The catch: half will be robots. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Figure emerged from stealth yesterday, unveiling a humanoid robot. It plans to build one for every person on earth, doubling…
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In 2023, startups are hitting the wall. Many are down to their last few dollars. But how about a loan? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Going into debt is a mistake I am seeing more and more founders make. Debt comes in a variety of forms. Founders use bank…
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When a startup is struggling, what’s the duty of investors? This question is front and center as Sequoia has walked away from controversial startup Citizen, cutting it off from funding and resigning from the board. From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: Sequoia Capital has resigned from…
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Tremendous 