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Nov 25, 2021

The Venture Capitalist View On SPACs

When I heard that Shaq and Ciara were sponsoring SPACs, I was worried. It looked like a beloved financial vehicle was jumping the shark. But Warren Buffett reassured me. When he called SPACs “ a killer” for his business because they were undercutting Berkshire Hathaway on deals, I knew it…

Private Equity

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The Venture Capitalist View On SPACs
The Venture Capitalist View On SPACs
Private Equity

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Nov 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 industries, it looks like VC is about to be disrupted (again). The industry is facing a simultaneous squeeze from above and below, and the key to thriving…

Venture Capital

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Equity On Demand: What Is The Future Of Venture Capital?
Equity On Demand: What Is The Future Of Venture Capital?
Venture Capital

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Nov 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 corporation come into existence with the first-ever initial public offering of shares, than a secondary market sprang up to allow these shares to be bought…

VC

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What You Don’t Know About The Secondary Market Can Hurt You
What You Don’t Know About The Secondary Market Can Hurt You
VC

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Nov 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 giants. New, critical bureaucrats are promising bothersome new rules. From the West (i.e., the Far East, which, of course, is west of Silicon Valley), the Chinese government is hounding…

VC

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Trouble In Silicon Valley, Or Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing?
Trouble In Silicon Valley, Or Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing?
VC

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Nov 25, 2021

The Overt And Covert Power Of The Biggest Silicon Valley VCs

Power comes in many flavors. For example, relational power differs from structural power. Relational power exists when one player can influence others’ moves in the game. Structural power, by contrast, is the ability to influence the rules of the game itself. …

VC

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The Overt And Covert Power Of The Biggest Silicon Valley VCs
The Overt And Covert Power Of The Biggest Silicon Valley VCs
VC

5 min read


Oct 21, 2020

Fire Your Public-Equity Fund Manager, But Find A Good One For Venture Capital

Public equity and venture-capital-oriented stock are different vehicles for different kinds of investors. Public equity is liquid and heavily regulated. Venture capital (VC) is often less liquid and subject to fewer regulations. Many publicly traded companies are large and well-known, whereas a startup can be just an inventor in his…

VC

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Fire Your Public-Equity Fund Manager, But Find A Good One For Venture Capital
Fire Your Public-Equity Fund Manager, But Find A Good One For Venture Capital
VC

4 min read


Aug 31, 2020

A Venture-Capital Perspective On Today’s Most Visionary Thinke

When Angela Merkel, Mark Zuckerberg or members of the World Economic Forum want to understand how the technology of the present is shaping the future, they consult Yuval Noah Harari. …

AI

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A Venture-Capital Perspective On Today’s Most Visionary Thinke
A Venture-Capital Perspective On Today’s Most Visionary Thinke
AI

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·Aug 10, 2020

Artificial Intelligence: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility [Unabridged]

The experts predicted it. They’ve been trying to alert the rest, but few pay them any mind. It’s now affecting aspects of our lives that we never anticipated: healthcare, education, employment, and even national security. We hear that our lives will never be the same, but how many really believe…

Venture Capital

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Artificial Intelligence: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Artificial Intelligence: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Venture Capital

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May 5, 2020

Rising From Rock Bottom

2020 released unprecedented black swans responsible for the deepest global market crash we’ve seen in a century. With an unavoidable recession in the cards, what can we expect in the coming months? How quickly can markets, societies, and small businesses recover? Can they at all? The past decade was successful…

Venture Capital

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Rising From Rock Bottom
Rising From Rock Bottom
Venture Capital

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Apr 11, 2020

How to Ensure Startups Survive this Crisis — A VCs Perspective

I found myself participating these days in different interviews and video podcasts, answering many questions asked by entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. I’d like to share a few thoughts here as well: How VCs respond: All experienced VCs, including our firm Scale-Up, have already proactively responded to the crisis by…

VC

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How to Ensure Startups Survive this Crisis — A VCs Perspective
How to Ensure Startups Survive this Crisis — A VCs Perspective
VC

4 min read

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Alex Lazovsky

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Managing Partner of Scale-Up (scale-up.vc), a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm | @Alex_Lazovsky | https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lazovsky/

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