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- Growatt unveils AXE LV battery system to empower off-grid solar energy storage
- Deutschland kündigt am Internationalen Tag der Bildung 200 Millionen Euro an neuen Mitteln für Education Cannot Wait an
- À l'occasion de la Journée internationale de l'éducation, l'Allemagne annonce un nouveau financement de 200 millions pour l'initiative Education Cannot Wait
- Alemania anuncia 200 millones de euros en fondos para Education Cannot Wait
- Germany Announces €200 Million in New Funding for Education Cannot Wait on International Day of Education
- Haushaltsgerätemarke CHiQ bei GTB-Preisverleihung als eine der Top-10-Marken der Unterhaltungselektronik ausgezeichnet
- CHiQ es reconocida como una de las 10 principales marcas de productos electrónicos de consumo
- La marque d'appareils intelligents domestiques CHiQ reconnue comme l'une des 10 meilleures marques d'électronique grand public lors de la cérémonie de remise des prix GTB
- Бренд бытовой техники CHiQ признан одним из 10 ведущих брендов на церемонии GTB
- Huobi Launches $100 Million Lunar New Year Campaign to Support Metaverse Development
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- Inno Startups to Watch: Planet Wealth
- The Road Ahead: Kauffman Foundation CFO on why the nonprofit is opening the spigots for small businesses
- Cary firm's $60M raise bolsters Triangle's status in quantum computing
- St. Petersburg-based Dynasty Financial is launching an IPO
- Apollo Bank reaches $1B in assets
- Huntington Bancshares plans three new Pittsburgh-area branches this year
- Robinhood grants more stock to some employees as price plunges — who’s next?
- Robinhood grants more stock to some employees as price plunges — who’s next?
- 52 Shades of Success: Pittsboro biz opens door to investors; NCCU launches health literacy program
- North Austin office building changes hands for nearly $11M
Category Archives: Commentary/Editorial
Why I Loathe Tumblr.
I loathe Tumblr. But not for the 1.1 billion reasons that you think. Sure, I’m a little professionally jealous that I’ve never had a client sell themselves for $1.1 billion. But it’s not like I had a chance to invest … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Entrepreneurial Advice, Just Kidding
Tagged entrepreneurs, founder advice, founders, new venture, Tumblr, valuations, venture tips, Yahoo
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The Search for Serendipity…And Why It Matters To Your Venture
I turn 48 this week and like most people passing from one year to the next, I find myself a bit nostalgic for the way things used to be. One of the things I miss…a little at least…has gotten extremely … Continue reading
Can Humanity Be Saved From Instant Replay?
Global life is increasingly obsessed with instant replay of all types. In the pre-digital days, the extent of instant replay for use in judging actions and words by people, was largely limited to newspaper editorial pages. If enough readers read … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Technology and Society
Tagged humanity, instant replay, Kevin Kelly, society, technology
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Ladies and Gentlemen…the Next President of the United States…Alexander Hamilton!
I woke up this morning from a dream which was set in the late 1700’s. I believe it was 1796, because I was presenting to an enormous room full of people and the banners hanging declared “Welcome to the Federalist … Continue reading
Even In the Beginning, Entrepreneurs Created Jobs
I’m going to get right to the point of this blog post. Sometimes, shocking information is best delivered in a no-nonsense, unapologetic manner. So, I’m just going to hit you with this right now and I just don’t want you … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Quarks…the Elementary Particle of the American Economy
Some of you may have recently read about the Higgs boson particle and how its potentially confirmed existence would explain how anything with mass (ie, everything that exists) is built. Some of you may have also recently read about how … Continue reading
Entrepreneurship…Highway of the Future!
I’d like to suggest a new way for governments to look at seed stage technology company funding. I’d like to suggest that state governments in particular think about funding seed stage tech companies in the same way that they … Continue reading
The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
I disagree with those who believe that people can be trained to be entrepreneurs. Scores of scholarly pieces have been written that claim that entrepreneurs are not born, but instead are trained to be good entrepreneurs. In fact I’d say that … Continue reading
Ohhhhh. I Get It Now. You Said Valuation…I Thought You Said Value.
I am obviously slower than I thought I was. And I’m certainly slower than the capital aggregators known as Silicon Valley venture capital. They understood long before I did that early stage company investing is NOT about the value of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary/Editorial, Innovation and the World, Seed/Venture Capital
Tagged Instagram, seed capital, Sequoia, venture, venture capital, Viddy
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Every Business is an “L” Business
Ah, the “L” word. No, not “love”. The other “L” word. You know the one…the one that puts startup founders into an internal rage. The one that signals to the founder that the person using the word finds their business … Continue reading →