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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

Both Sides of the Table

million people EMPLOYED in California. Of our early-stage deals we do 33% Seed, 66% A’s) Why recycling is important, but why without exits you might even be forced to stop paying management fees for a while What Will Happen with LPs in this Economic Market? The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area. And they've almost become like quasi-government institutions in a way, and they're so focused on risk mitigation that it's not about innovation.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

And, while working to build the business we want, a competitor in California secured resources to far outpace us. Spend your time with customers who have proven they buy what you’re selling: California has shown the capacity both in capital and in imagination afforded by that capital. Do I think we’re still better? Of course I do.