The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When The Wall Street Journal first published "The Billion Dollar Startup Club" in February 2015, 84 companies had the rare unicorn status. A private company with a billion-dollar valuation used to be special. These numbers, which felt crazy at the time, seem quaint compared to today. Today there are 1,000 of 'em.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

WENGER: Yeah, that had really been my goal since my own first startup in ’96, ‘97, which was a company called W3Health that ultimately failed. From that experience, I realized that I really loved startups, but then I was never going to be good operator, but I thought I could maybe be a decent investor. Why is that?

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Aleph

JANUARY 14, 2023

link] Abundant liquidity from the Fed emboldened growth investors to bid prices to unsustainable valuations. Jan 08, 2023 Culture US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady [link] There is no mystery here. In the End, the Answer Was in the Textbook.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

? ?. The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Steve Case on AOL, Startups & Venture , is below. He was instrumental in getting a number of very positive policy actions passed over the past decade. And if you are at all interested in technology, venture, startups, entrepreneurship, I suspect you will also.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Brad Gerstner is a founder and investor in technology startups. And he had a little startup RV company called Forest River. But one of the things I learned in that first startup, I had two guys on the two investors who were not traditional venture capitalists. What can I say? Once again? I have an extra special guest.

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The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

Literally the first check-in to Robinhood, which went public in 2021 at about a $34 billion valuation. Uh, Fred said to give me your number.” ” (LAUGHTER) And he goes, and then he goes like this and tell Fred not to give up my (EXPLETIVE) phone number anymore. LINDZON: Lesson number two. And hangs up off it.

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