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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

IN THIS EDITION Fintech products ease more Americans into the stock market In defense of the IPO, and how to improve it What’s inside your (mobile) bank? Among the most interesting is Stash’s “stock back” program, which is essentially an alternative form of rewards. Thanks for signing up. in addition to home ownership.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. Have a cushion.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. One of the most Modi, who won in a landslide election with a clear mandate for economic reform (despite controversy surrounding his role in sectarian riots in 2002), is fully aware of the lofty expectations of those he governs.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common.

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11 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Technologies That Will Have the Biggest Impact On Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

This concept was explored in cinematic form in the film ‘Minority Report’ (2002) in which people are served advertisements in public places based on their personal profiles on an individual basis. Photo Credit: Rio Rocket. The future is now and the technology is Personal Digital Merchandising.

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Nicolas Brusson discusses BlaBlaCar’s journey from French success story to global winner

Cracking the Code

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. In Silicon Valley, the ambition is always global.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Zhitao runs Hangzhou Liaison Interactive, which is a Chinese technology-based company founded in July 2002. He runs a hedge fund focused on consumers and industrial stock. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Source: Pexels.

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