tech, startups, internet
Podcasts and capital
“Thoughts on the podcast industry in 2021: investors are acting as if podcasting is bigger than it really is.” | learn more
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Crowd funding pays off
This is pretty cool to see! “Crowdfunded on Seedrs, investors in Senta to receive up to 120x return as company is acquired” | learn more
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“Most investors are not good at what they do.”
An interview with Nick Moran, General Partner at New Stack Ventures. | learn more
on the blockchain
Fred Wilson’s buying more Bitcoin
When bad news hits, risk assets are sold off in a hurry. Then, investors and traders reevaluate and start thinking more critically about what to buy. Bitcoin sold off along with everything else, and now it’s starting to recover. Meanwhile, […]
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The aftermath of a $97 million Amazon acquisition
A sober warning for startup employees and investors. “How Eero went from a promising start-up to a company facing mass attrition and debt, and what it says about the hardware market today.” | learn more
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The health of the US venture market in 2020
Tom Tunguz analyzed the venture market to understand where in the cycle we are. “We are 12 years into the longest bull market in US history and this bullishness has powered the venture market. Investors deployed $117 billion in 2019 […]
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Startup growth and venture returns
AngelList analyzed seven years of deals to test assumptions about the nature of venture capital returns. One finding: “At the seed stage, investors would increase their expected return by broadly indexing into every credible deal.” | learn more
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Rocket company Vector Launch ends up in bankruptcy court
“Life comes at you fast: one moment you’re a media darling garnering all kinds of favorable coverage, raising millions upon million of dollars with investors “knocking down the door” and, the next, your pesky venture capitalists are pulling the plug […]
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Convincing investors that you’re Facebook, not Friendster
There’s a great point here about understanding the history of your market. “[I]nvestors have longer memories of failures than new entrepreneurs. When you’re describing the future, most of them are remembering the past. … What companies came before? Why did […]
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How to get investors to engage with your emails
For the founders among us, check out this article by Dave Bailey that does a wonderful job of explaining how to write your investor updates for maximum results. If you’re a founder who isn’t writing investor updates, maybe start now […]