A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 14, 2022

There is a lot of criticism of venture capital in web3. Bitcoin did not have or need venture capital. Ethereum did not have or need venture capital. So why would any web3 project need venture capital? Well buried deep in a 66 page blog post on the Flow blockchain by Packy McCormick lies the answer.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That especially holds true if you only have a limited amount of capital, say $1,500, to invest. So, for example, the ability to generate blog posts instantaneously or write incredibly, high-converting product descriptions or create highly contextualized content for your business. Prime subscribers (over 160 million in the U.S.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to the official Shiba Inu developers' blog, "Shibarium is introducing a transformative token burning mechanism" that's "designed to reduce token supply strategically, potentially increasing the token's value and benefiting its ecosystem." Does it really matter which financial firm gets the approval first, though?

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JULY 14, 2024

Similarly, around the same time, a partner at the famed venture capital firm Sequoia penned a blog post stating that he also doesn't believe cloud and software giants will generate enough incremental AI revenue to justify this level of investment.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Investors hoping to capitalize on that upward momentum should be buying stocks today, and HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) stands out as a compelling idea at its current valuation. HubSpot also introduced ChatSpot, a generative AI assistant built on ChatGPT that can retrieve information, run reports, and create written content like blogs and emails.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You can track all of these data points on FRED , as explained by this blog post. The FRED Blog , August 29, 2022. For those of us who put capital at risk making probabilistic decisions about an inherently unknowable future, we want something less crude than that -2Qs. Lessons From the Future (August 24, 2022).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In a blog post last week, CEO Sundar Pichai marveled at the technological advances that transpired over the past quarter of a century. Investors looking to profit from this monumental shift should consider these five companies well-positioned to capitalize on the AI revolution. Image source: Getty Images.

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MAY 23, 2024

You should pay special attention to growth stocks , as the capital gains you can enjoy from holding them over the long term can greatly accelerate your path toward financial freedom. New capabilities enabled by AI can allow workers to be more productive and help them generate insights and write-ups for reports, blogs, and presentations.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 3, 2023

He explains how he began a blog in college out of frustration with his fellow student’s inability to manage their own finances. That blog eventually became a short e-book, the success of which led him to write a full-length book. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Gates shared his thoughts in a recent blog post: The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the internet, and the mobile phone. The best way for investors to capitalize on that once-in-a-generation opportunity is to build a basket of AI stocks.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Bedrock is a managed service offering developers various large language models and a multitude of generative AI applications, including text generation for blogs, virtual assistants , and image generators for graphic designers. The specific condition from the Anthropic partnership that has me most excited is the role AI will play on Bedrock.

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Investment Writing

MAY 7, 2024

Check out the five-step process in my blog post on “ 5 steps for rewriting your investment commentary ”! Daryn Dodson, managing director of Illumen Capital, shared the startling finding that as black fund managers outperform, they face more bias and misallocation. Bookmark my blog, and visit it on the first Tuesday of every month!

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last fall, USV raised two new venture capital funds from our loyal and supportive investors. We announced the new climate fund on January 8th and I blogged about it here. And so we did that yesterday on the USV blog and I tweeted about it. "we … We publish our investment memos as blog posts.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 21, 2015

He outlined some of the issues in a recent blog post : Using 1099 workers--people who, by definition, you can't tell where and when to be at a certain spot, is inherently inefficient. This way, Homer doesn't have to raise hundreds of millions of venture capital dollars to change consumer ordering behavior.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The last 10 years have been about building a world that is mobile-first, turning our phones into remote controls for our lives," he wrote in a blog post in October 2016. This gives it the financial resources to keep plowing capital into research and development initiatives.

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JULY 10, 2024

What long-term goals do you need to save capital for? If you have a drop-shipping company, can you hire someone else to manage the blog or write your emails? Or maybe you like writing blogs but want someone else to handle uploading them to WordPress. This could mean opening a company checking account.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2015

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures recently joined Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and KarpReilly in Hungryroot 's $2mm seed round. We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That is according to a study by Julian di Giovanni, who publishes at the NY Fed’s blog Liberty Street Economics. Previously : What’s Driving Inflation: Labor or Capital? There is a new 60/40 in town, and it is the contribution to inflation from consumer demand for goods and the pandemic-broken supply chain. Short answer: 40%.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Start a blog, start a Substack, talk to people on TikTok, and try to find an audience for your ideas and expertise. If you want to get serious about starting an online business, start by reading blogs and watching (free) training videos from e-commerce and marketing platforms like Shopify and HubSpot. Are you up for that?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2014

However, since I only have time for a blog post, I''ll settle for actual data. Venture Capital & Technology' I could probably write a book on venture round pricing dynamics. It would have lots of philosophy, religion, theory, fiction, and pontification. The rounds are bigger, sure. Can''t have your cake and eat it, too.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

[link] — Dan Primack (@danprimack) February 25, 2023 I DM’d Dan to let him know that is not the right way to think about the venture capital business. Back in 2005, in the early days of this blog, I wrote this post on the topic. That’s the only way to think about the venture capital business that makes sense to me.

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JULY 24, 2023

Capital isn't cheap anymore Although its strategy is bearing fruit, management was still wrestling with the challenge of what it calls a "cash-flow gap." CEO Dan Schreiber explained that so long as capital is cheap, it makes sense to use it to finance new, profitable growth opportunities. LMND Revenue (Quarterly) data by YCharts.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

DECEMBER 19, 2022

He’s probably THE top influencer for financial advisors thanks to his blog, Nerd’s Eye View , and his Twitter —both of which have cult-like followings. . Lazetta is also a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council and a contributor on Wealth Management to the WSJ Experts blog. . Michael Kitces. Grace Gong. Joshua Brown.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The Political Economy Blog ). Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview this weekend for a live interview at Bloomberg Invest with B0az Weinstein of Saba Capital discussing “Whales, Tails & Fails.”. . • Against “polycrisis” : We have lots of problems, but they’re not mutually self-reinforcing.

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Cobalt

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Changing Fortunes: T racking 20 Y ears of R eturns A cross Credit and Venture Capital Last month, the Federal Reserve announced its first cut to interest rates in over four years. For the analysis, we pulled the Credit Time Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR) and included the same metric for venture capital.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 15, 2022

For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. Scott and I discuss this in pod/blog on the topic, entitled, “ Direct indexing suck s.” Michael Kotarinos of Solarbeam Capital performs direct indexing and quantitative investment management strategies for clients. Pull up a chair and get ready to rumble!

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MARCH 16, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash If you've spent time on TikTok in 2024, or read any personal finance blogs, you've probably heard of "loud budgeting." A recent survey from Clarify Capital found that Gen Zers who use loud budgeting are saving an average of $629 per month!

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Others may receive help from family and friends, use credit cards , or sell assets to raise capital. Start a blog, create how-to videos, do TikToks, or offer free webinars on topics related to your business. Either way, some dough will be needed. Most bootstrappers use their own money (indeed, 70% do).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 27, 2020

I wrote a blog post in September of last year arguing that gross margins and operating margins really matter when valuing companies. On the other hand, if it is a lot of work and capital investment to produce those margins, well then you have what you have and that is often a low margin business.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter. Venture Capital & Technology' That seems to be paying off as I''ll likely close on a deal this week that came from talking about dealflow with another investor.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Like them, I believe a stable cryptocurrency that is broadly adopted around the world will bring new services to people who don’t have access to the financial system that many of us who read this blog do. Not everyone can do that and so it is even more important that we do.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 15, 2014

There seems to be a blog post, book or boot camp for just about everything you could hope to learn as an entrepreneur, but no one really seems to focus on how to mentally survive entrepreneurship. This happens a ton in the venture capital world where bigger always seems better--but maybe it''s not. Venture Capital & Technology'

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

My friend Dan Malven wrote about this on his blog yesterda y: A working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in November 2020 contradicts that notion, showing that half of all VC fund managers outperform the public markets, and are therefore worthy of institutional investment.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Vacation By renting out a second home or even a spare room in your primary residence, you can capitalize on the growing demand for short-term stays. In my case, I've licensed my small business content (articles, e-books, blogs, podcasts, etc.) to a variety of corporations over the years.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

How big the stake is or what it cost, Coinbase's blog post didn't say. At the start of 2023, the market capitalization for USD Coin was about $44.5 But on Aug. 21, Coinbase announced that the Centre Consortium was dissolved. From here, Coinbase gets an equity stake in Circle. Coinbase still brings something to the table, however.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

We could and would build this store, this beautiful edifice of food, health, teamwork and business out of nothing more than dreams, hard work, and some investors capital. Seth is famous for his blogs. He's blogged on the internet. Since before blogging was cool, I'm not even sure blogging is still cool.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

APRIL 27, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the taxation of stock options and provide an overview of how it works. If the employee holds onto the stock after exercising the options, any future appreciation in the stock’s value will be subject to capital gains tax when the stock is eventually sold.

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