tech, startups, internet
The biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s demo day
“Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch.” | learn more
Category: tech, startups, internet
tech, startups, internet
“The Future of Work” startup & investor ecosystem
Pietro Invernizzi: “I thought I’d dig a bit deeper, to come up with a big list of unique companies & ideas for everyone interested in the wider space, adding a couple categories to Merci’s & CB Insight’s maps and adding […]
tech, startups, internet
Proof of X
“At their core, social networks are primarily about one thing: Building social capital through signaling.” This post is much more interesting than the title suggests. Starting with Strava (fitness social network) as proof-of-physical-activity leads to many thought-provoking ideas of Strava […]
tech, startups, internet
Understanding biotech investing
“As with startups, biotech companies have high failure rates: 90% of clinical programs fail to receive FDA approval, while 92% of biotech companies are unprofitable at any given time.” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
The Moby Dick theory of big companies
This is a 2007 essay from Marc Andreessen. “The most important thing you need to know going into any discussion or interaction with a big company is that you’re Captain Ahab, and the big company is Moby Dick.” | learn more
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The Mike Speiser incubation playbook
I’m only now learning about this Speiser’s approach – it’s fascinating! “Speiser currently has a roughly 20% hit rate of his companies achieving multi-billion dollar valuations.” | learn more
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Quibi is shutting down after just 6 months
In 2018 this startup raised $1 billion at inception. It caused Steve Blank to ask Is the lean startup dead? Then we saw the fat startup’s launch teaser in January of this year. Here, the story ends, as “the first high-profile casualty of […]
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What working at Stripe has been like
“I joined Stripe four years ago to make starting an Internet business easier, mostly by work on Stripe Atlas. This has been a series of adjustments for me: to working as an employee, to experiencing hypergrowth, to being closer to […]
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Waymo opens fully driverless taxi service to public
“At launch, the Waymo One app-based robotaxi service had a trained vehicle operator assigned to every vehicle, ready to take over if needed. Now Waymo is ditching the safety driver and opening up a fully driverless service to the public […]
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Spotify’s flywheel: business model leverage
“Spotify, the audio market, and the negative churn Consumer SaaS company.” | learn more