Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 22, 2019

But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency. This area is also in the very early stages, but I am increasingly excited about the concept of DAO’s (decentralized autonomous organizations).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 30, 2017

How about Venezuela funds from 1998? Investors are willing to take early stage risk because they don't have other risks like nationalization of industries, martial law, dissolution of human rights, etc. That probably won't have a positive effect on venture capital returns.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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