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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

In January, Jerry Neumann wrote a long and detailed analysis of his view of the VC industry in the 1980’s titled Heat Death: Venture Capital in the 1980’s. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window. This isn’t correct either.

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My Talk at MIT: Beyond Finance, Considering Business and Social Impact of Blockchains

thebarefootvc

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. The core of the talk was to explain how decentralized technology is the next generation of what we saw develop with the internet. Disruptors are dismissed until they aren’t.

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My Talk at MIT: Beyond Finance, Considering Business and Social Impact of Blockchains

thebarefootvc

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. The core of the talk was to explain how decentralized technology is the next generation of what we saw develop with the internet. Disruptors are dismissed until they aren’t.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

Most importantly, I became convinced that Stitch Fix was one of those rare companies where the unique product advantage also contributes to a unique business model advantage. Dell’s product offering advantage, building to custom order, simultaneously created a business model advantage. This is business model nirvana.

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Bitcoin at $10K – The Beginning

thebarefootvc

I believe that cryptocurrencies (which are built on blockchain tech) emerging as an asset class are just one application of blockchain technology. Bitcoin at $10K and a cryptocurrency combined market cap of $300B is only an introduction to what the underlying technology means in terms of value creation.

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What We All Can Learn from Wayne Huizenga

Growthink Blog

Because in his lifetime, he founded and grew not one, not two, but three multi-billion dollar businesses. With three different business models. And just like with Waste Management’s early public offering, he cashed out of Blockbuster early - in 1994 to Viacom for a whopping $8.4 In three separate industries.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

www.usatoday.com

Technology Live. But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It It would have been a lot more challenging to create a business like this up there," OBrien says. Veteran investor Timothy Draper says venture-capital firms are taking notice of Silicon Beach. Tech: Blogs.