The Venture Capitalist View On SPACsWhen I heard that Shaq and Ciara were sponsoring SPACs, I was worried. It looked like a beloved financial vehicle was jumping the shark…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Equity On Demand: What Is The Future Of Venture Capital?Venture capital (VC) — the business of buying and selling startup equity — is about to change dramatically. Just as VC disrupts other…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
What You Don’t Know About The Secondary Market Can Hurt You“The joint-stock company and the stock market were … born within just a few years of each other. No sooner had the first publicly owned…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Trouble In Silicon Valley, Or Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing?Storm clouds are gathering on Silicon Valley’s placid horizon. From the East comes new antitrust legislation aimed at the tech industry’s…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
The Overt And Covert Power Of The Biggest Silicon Valley VCsPower comes in many flavors. For example, relational power differs from structural power. Relational power exists when one player can…Nov 25, 2021Nov 25, 2021
Fire Your Public-Equity Fund Manager, But Find A Good One For Venture CapitalPublic equity and venture-capital-oriented stock are different vehicles for different kinds of investors. Public equity is liquid and…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
A Venture-Capital Perspective On Today’s Most Visionary ThinkeWhen Angela Merkel, Mark Zuckerberg or members of the World Economic Forum want to understand how the technology of the present is shaping…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
Artificial Intelligence: With Great Power Comes Great ResponsibilityExperts have warned against its potential misuse. It’s now affecting aspects of our lives that many of us never anticipated: healthcare…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Rising From Rock Bottom2020 released unprecedented black swans responsible for the deepest global market crash we’ve seen in a century. With an unavoidable…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
How to Ensure Startups Survive this Crisis — A VCs PerspectiveI found myself participating these days in different interviews and video podcasts, answering many questions asked by entrepreneurs and…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020