Free Post Newsletter Who Agrees with Apple? It seems as if the kitchen is getting too hot for some of Apple's former friends, especially MG Siegler. While Fred Wilson, never really a friend, is pleading on behalf of his portfolio for Apple to stop being so....well, capitalist.
Free Post Newsletter Apple's War on Facebook, Instagram and Google The war between Apple and advertising-led platforms is a war between business models. On the one hand, clickbait and ad revenue and on the other subscription and pay as you go.
Free Post Newsletter Two Tribes Go To War - DC versus Silicon Valley The anti big-tech stance of DC is a replacement for any genuinely innovative or progressive outlook from either of the main political parties. Shame on both of them.
Free Post Newsletter Andreessen to Gurley - "Spac-Off!" A very public fight between two Venture Capital titans over how a company should go to the public markets. Andreessen tells Gurley to SPAC Off!
Free Post Newsletter Epic Fail. Apple: Big But Not Bad. We live in strange times. Apple's stock valued the company at over $2 Trillion this week. A reason to celebrate you might think. A company created, famously, in a garage by 2 young men, has grown to be a world leader. But in today's world it appears that big is bad.
Free Post Newsletter Everybody's Hustling Elizabeth Yin is a founder at Hustle VC. 2 years ago she and her partners closed the first fund for the firm. This week she pointed to the story of how they did it. Anybody raising funds - whether for a startup or to become an investor should read it.
Free Post Newsletter The China Countdown - Tik-Tok, Tik-Tok Do we care where a consumer internet company was founded?
Free Post Newsletter Enlightenment anybody? The big reads of the week focus on the positive elements of the current situation that point to a new enlightenment. Open discussion, free debate, tolerance for being offended combined with transformative innovation leading to widespread ability to deliver the needs of life, freely, to everybody.
Free Post Newsletter Gelt, How to Make Money? IPO, SPAC, Traction, Story? This week, 'That Was The Week' leads with Ned Desmond leaving TechCrunch after eight years as the boss. On the surface perhaps not the biggest story,
Free Post Newsletter Which Investors Perform Best? Growth Funds, Venture Funds, Micro Funds, Angels? Jean-Louis Gassée gets pride of place this week with his - "Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel". Probably the biggest technology story for a long time.
Free Post Newsletter Cancel Culture - Facebook? The New York Times? Who's Next? Boycotting ("Cancelling") seems to be popular on the liberal wing of the political spectrum and is most often used to limit views that do not concur with the boycotters views.
Free Post Newsletter Facebook versus Advertisers - Who to Trust? The Politics & Economics of Venture Capital
Free Post Newsletter 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?
Free Post Newsletter Unemployment in USA hits 47 Million. Racism Exposed. How will Tech Respond? VENTURE TRENDS 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
Free Post Newsletter #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackFoundersMatter and #BlackInvestorsMatter 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.
