This is an excellent set of slides summarizing the world of seed funding for startups as we see it today. The presentation was put together by Mar Hershenson from Pear VC. | learn more
It seems like a clever strategy to sidestep a battle with the big city with more legal resources. “The firm contends the north suburb’s ride-hailing tax violates state law. Its arguments could apply to the mayor’s proposed $40 million tax […]
“A great deal of college tuition inflation has been driven by an enrollment strategy to dole out more institutional aid to a growing number of students.” | learn more
“While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.” | learn more
I have always had a slight distaste for Intuit and now it’s grown stronger. “Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its […]
This is written by crypto investor Chris Burniske of Placeholder. “In the coming quarters, a high density of “Ethereum Killers” (EKs) plan to launch their mainnets, and in so doing, release their assets to the public crypto markets. The transition […]
This is written for an audience of Family Office and Institutional investors. I think it’s pretty good. | learn more
“Obesity is a population-size crisis in Western countries — but it’s a problem that may resist population-wide solutions.” | learn more
“From alternate nut butters to West African flavors to fancy nonalcoholic drinks, here’s what you can expect to see on shelves next year.” | learn more
“Humanity is poised to take a huge leap forward, as a convergence of next-gen technologies combine to give us unprecedented power over our own biology. Here’s a roadmap to the key technologies and how it’s going to play out in […]