That Was The WeekThat Was The Week is a editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups and investing. It is curated and edited by Keith Teare

Facebook versus Advertisers – Who to Trust?
The politics and economics of Venture and Startups Reads of the Week Prepare for the U.S. and China to Decouple – Harvard Business Review Tim O’Reilly makes a persuasive case for why venture capital is starting to do more harm than good – TechCrunch Break Up Google – Tim Bray Why Virtual Events Are The […]
July 4, 2020
Advertising Boycotts, Regulation, Break-Up ….. and Visas.
Government & Advertisers at war with ‘Big Tech’? Should ‘Big Tech’ be broken up? Should free speech in social media be constrained? Should advertisers block spending on Facebook and Twitter? Are Facebook and Twitter media companies or platforms, or something new? Will the advertisers win as their money speaks? Will video on the Internet become […]
June 27, 2020
Unemployment in USA hits 47 Million. Racism Exposed. How will Tech Respond?
This week’s discussions in Startup and Venture Capital Land were again dominated by responses to racial injustice, highlighted by the #BlackLivesMatter protests. Not far behind were many stories about the rise of unemployment and the changes it is forcing as we try to come to terms with rising Covid infections acrtoss much of the USA. […]
June 19, 2020
Automation, Work & Health
Content The BelieversThe Non-BelieversHeard in Silicon ValleyStartup of the WeekTweet of the WeekEditorialThis week sees the parting of the ocean, perhaps somewhat appropriate for the Passover weekend. On the one side the believers, believing in startups, Bitcoin as an energy store and an investment-grade asset, Remote digital events, Medium as
June 17, 2020
How to Tell Your Startup Story to Investors
This material is open source. Please feel free to share, re-publish links etc. There is no license. It was developed by me to use with my portfolio companies at ADV (https://accelerated.ventures) Public Copy of Deck Structure https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZKHz-M-4Y0RWJNamkGADdEZ1E3cBYKncI9P3r46lyc0/edit How startups are compared to each other by investors https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jhfCeo0DsX3xnt0o_jSMT_Xw4S0E1MJGByctQ6Jf5gc/edit#slide=id.g88f615b5b5_1_87
June 16, 2020
#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 […]
June 12, 2020
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, […]
June 7, 2020
In defense of Mark Zuckerberg
That Was The Week – Essay Facebook, Twitter and platform censorship. Of course Mark Zuckerberg is an easy target. Seeming to protect Donald Trump is not a popular step. We have all learned to understand how utterly self-serving President Trump is, and that Trump will do and say almost anything in order to attempt to […]
June 4, 2020
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 […]
May 29, 2020
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 :-). […]
May 22, 2020