#BlackLivesMatter, #BlackFoundersMatter and #BlackInvestorsMatter
Newsletter This weeks focus is racial inequality as it impacts startups and investing. We also continue to look at the debate surrounding social media platforms in relation to free speech and censorship. Sam Lessin writes in the Information and is opposed by Stephanie Mheta and others. That Was The Week, Issue #22 This weeks focus […]
Censorship, Racial Inequality and Freedom
Palo Alto, 4 June 2020 This week’s venture trends includes news of a crisis surrounding the social media platforms in relation to free speech and censorship. I have penned an essay on the topic: This week also includes content from Albert Wenger, Tomasz Tunguz, Ben Thompson, Saastr, Christoph Janz, The Information, The New York Times, […]
Layoffs, Remote Work, The Rise of the Influencer Economy. Is Software Eating Work?
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #20 This week’s venture trends includes news of layoffs, decisions to move to 100% or some % of employees working remotely, evidence that individuals can have business models (no need to work for an employer). Marc Andreessen famously said software will eat the world. Is it eating work (as in paid […]
Capitalism, Unicorns and the SoftBank Vision Fund. The End? The Beginning?
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #19 This week’s venture trends includes conflicting evidence on many subjects: the end of big funds (SoftBank); the rise of big investments (Jio), the collapse of unicorns (Uber and WeWork), the rise of Unicorns (SMB companies worth more than $10 billion). The trends are clearly not clear. Makes you think :-). […]
Location, Location, Location. Is Silicon Valley Slowly Dying or Stealthily Expanding?
Newsletter This week’s issue includes a lot of content about the impact of the virus on work geography and location. Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #18, 14 May 2020 This week’s issue includes a lot of content about the impact of the virus on work geography and location. A lot of very good stuff on Venture […]
The Funding Numbers are in….They Suck. Shocker!
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #17 I read daily and this newsletter gathers together this week’s most interesting content I saw related to the venture capital and startup ecosystem. I hope you find it useful as well as being a time saver. Feel free to email me at keith@teare.com. The unsubscribe button is at the bottom […]
Our Workless Future has been Accelerated – Robots Anybody?
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #16 I read daily and this newsletter gathers together this week’s most interesting content I saw related to the venture capital and startup ecosystem. I hope you find it useful as well as being a time saver. Feel free to email me at keith@teare.com. The unsubscribe button is at the bottom […]
Time to Build….Can We? How?
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #15 I read daily and this newsletter gathers together this week’s most interesting content I saw related to the venture capital and startup ecosystem. I hope you find it useful as well as being a time saver. This week’s free issue includes content from Marc Andreessen, Ezra Klein, Ben Thompson, Brad […]
Good versus Evil – Ideas, Cash and Barbarians
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #14 I read daily and this newsletter gathers together this week’s most interesting content I saw related to the venture capital and startup ecosystem. I hope you find it useful as well as being a time saver. This week’s free issue includes content from NFX Ventures, Jean-Louis Gassée, Fred Destin, Holly […]
Best of the Week in Venture Capital, Angel Investing and Startups
Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #13 I read daily and this newsletter gathers together this week’s most interesting content I saw related to the venture capital and startup ecosystem. I hope you find it useful as well as being a time saver. You can check out more about me at https://archimedes.studio In this week’s free issue […]
