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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aThe Growth Trap2016-04-23T00:58:55+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUGzUktP7jg
asterisk2aVenture Capital Unicorn shareholder capitalism Greed value profit maximisation maximization Wall Street activists Yahoo! Google Inc. Alphabet Microsoft IBM Intel Oracle exploitation Super Rich short-termism short-term thinking 1% plutocracy oligarchy M&A economic growth round Mutual Fund macroeconomic policy secular stagnation Private Equity MBO Pivot IPO dividends prosperity Start-Ups Start-up s&p500 pension scheme finite resources resource depletion history creative destruction share buyback Apple in crisis capitalist Uber monopoly oligopol oligopoly antitrust corruption western world squeezed middle class emerging BRIC business cycle company book cost center overhead costcutting operating performance margin globalisation globalization Universal Basic Income artificial intelligence AI augmented Robotics automation structural unemployment materialism consumerism status anxiety disenfranchise disenfranchised youth post-capitalism Mobile Banlieue deprivation poverty trap meritocracy meritocratic Gini coefficiehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:368692c3c14f/The tech industry has cut a Google’s worth of jobs in the past 12 months2016-04-21T23:00:40+00:00
http://recode.net/2016/04/19/the-tech-industry-has-cut-a-googles-worth-of-jobs-in-the-past-12-months/
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Unicorn Instagram WhatsApp productivity Software Eats The World Is Eating Revolution Development Slack Facebook profit maximisation maximization winner take all IBM Intel Microsoft Salesforce antitrust overhead cost center AWS cloudcomputing Cloudstorage Netflix Amazon Azure Google Cloud Inc. Alphabet Oracle Mobile Creative scalability scaling scale Snapchat Twitter Apple automation robotics AI artificial intelligence 3D printing autonomous cars self-driving labour market job skill gap skills homescreenhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d359538454a7/GoPro Isn’t Doomed Yet. But they must become a software company, fast.2016-04-12T12:29:56+00:00
https://medium.com/@mhkt/gopro-isn-t-doomed-yet-a056f945602e#.lrnxszwi9
asterisk2aSoftware Is Eating The World Eats commoditization commodity business Brand Canon Nikon Kodak Instagram Beme Vine Snapchat Entertainment Selbstdarstellung streaming Twitch Periscope Meerkat virtual reality VR Augmented Android iPhone Apple premium aspiration status anxiety consumerism materialism mass market Pop Culture Hardware Unicorn DJI Drone Consumer App video editing Vlog Vlogginghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1b782e6660dd/Börsenpläne von Spotify: Der Sound der Zocker2016-04-01T08:34:40+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/spotify-milliardendeal-koennte-musik-streamingdienst-teuer-kommen-a-1084618.html
asterisk2aSpotify IPO growth round Private Equity Goldman Sachs liquidation preferences termsheet Box Aaron Levie Apple Music Google Inc. Play Amazon Prime M&A Soundcloud Deezer Rdio Pandora Microsoft Venture Capital Unicorn business model subscription freemiumhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a2124b95d924/Zynga Board Member Frank Gibreau Replaces Mark Pincus as CEO | Re/code2016-03-02T20:30:25+00:00
http://recode.net/2016/03/01/more-musical-chairs-at-zynga-board-member-frank-gibreau-to-replace-founder-mark-pincus-as-ceo/
asterisk2aZynga Platform Facebook business model Gaming industry casual mobile homescreen content discovery Unicorn Google Play appstore Apple App Store marcpincushttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fd38582a4313/The Information's 411 — "Multiples" by The Information Podcasts2016-02-28T22:26:32+00:00
https://soundcloud.com/user-875591423/the-informations-411-multiples
asterisk2aDropBox Zenefits Venture Capital growth round Private Market Mutual Fund Equity hunt for yield hot-money distortion ZIRP NIRP QE financial repression New Normal secular stagnation western world emerging middle class BRIC Frontier Markets speculative bubbles speculation herding herd Seed Angel Investor Party risk linkedin Box GAAP cash flow Workday Salesforce burn rate valuation downround liquidation preferences liquidity trap asset allocation Slack SAAS Wall Street economic USA UK Uber Palantir BlackRock Domo Thumbtack Unicorn Snapdeal Snapchathttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f2ad7c826da4/Someone is posting images of dead unicorns in the heart of Silicon Valley - Quartz2016-02-24T21:53:17+00:00
http://qz.com/623952/palantir-flyers-dead-unicorns-silicon-valley/
asterisk2aUnicorn Silicon Valley termsheet liquidation preferences growth roundhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6a963f1c9bfa/The "Tourist" Investors Flooding Silicon Valley With Money Will Go Home One Day - BuzzFeed News2016-02-11T13:53:58+00:00
http://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/why-startups-should-be-wary-of-tourist-investors#.bfZ32DxE6
asterisk2ahunt for yield distortion speculative bubbles asset allocation Silicon Valley Party Round Angel Investor Seed ZIRP NIRP QE hot-money Mutual Fund growth risk capital Venture Frontier Markets emerging market credit bubble China BRIC 2015 2016 2014 Unicorn reflate reflation economic history equity bond property secular stagnation middle class India financial repression behavioral finance economics psychology fiscal policy monetary austerity Richard Koohttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1088a27bc1e9/Zenefits: Were the Valley's kingmakers wrong, or did they just lie?2016-02-11T13:46:33+00:00
https://pando.com/2016/02/09/zenefits-and-art-picking-winners/
asterisk2aZenefits growth round Unicorn self-regulation compliance governancehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:71085382aa60/Pando: Two slides that could predict a worse quarter for venture capital is coming2016-01-25T16:48:47+00:00
https://pando.com/2016/01/22/two-slides-could-predict-worse-quarter-venture-capital-coming/
asterisk2agrowth round Venture Capital ZIRP NIRP QE distortion Silicon Valley Private Equity Mutual Fund Angel Investor Seed Party Market Hype Cycle Unicorn China credit bubble monetary policy liquidity trap speculative bubbles asset allocation QT Software Is Eating The World mobile homescreenhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f73cc2f1c86d/Pando: Unicorns on fire: Funding falls dramatically in the fourth quarter, along with exits of all kinds2016-01-08T01:51:33+00:00
https://pando.com/2016/01/07/unicorns-fire-funding-falls-dramatically-fourth-quarter-along-exits-all-kinds/
asterisk2aIPO Unicorn growth round ZIRP NIRP QE distortion Private Market Wall Street Fed monetary policy USA China business confidence Silicon Valley Hype Cycle termsheet liquidation preferences Equity Mutual Fund SPV Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Oil price QThttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:372713764649/When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt - The New York Times2015-12-28T13:56:50+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/technology/when-a-unicorn-start-up-stumbles-its-employees-get-hurt.html
asterisk2aUnicorn liquidation preferences Venture Capital termsheet Start-Up advice lesson downround Private Equityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a39dacbf6fd5/The True Impact Of The Snapchat Writedown For Entrepreneurs | TechCrunch2015-12-01T16:57:17+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/29/the-true-impact-of-the-snapchat-writedown-for-entrepreneurs/
asterisk2aSnapchat Unicorn Silicon Valley Venture Capital growth round hunt for yieldhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:734d59867401/Benchmark’s Venture Capitalist Gurley: ‘Private Valuations Are Fake’ | Re/code2015-10-31T22:26:22+00:00
http://recode.net/2015/10/20/benchmarks-bill-gurley-is-talking-to-you-unicorns-private-valuations-are-fake/
asterisk2aUnicorn distortion Private Market ZIRP NIRP QE unintended consequences Silicon Valley valuation Bill Gurley a16z Marc Andreessenhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:27793d39da85/Is the dotcom bubble about to burst (again)? | Technology | The Guardian2015-10-04T22:59:29+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/04/is-dotcom-bubble-about-to-burst-again
asterisk2aUnicorn Silicon Valley FOMO hunt for yield Private Market 2015 ZIRP NIRP QE distortion capital allocation asset growth roundhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3d9006392659/We’ve Got This Whole Unicorn Thing All Wrong! — What’s The Future of Work? — Medium2015-09-26T01:40:47+00:00
https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/we-ve-got-this-whole-unicorn-thing-all-wrong-3f3d108cc71d
asterisk2aUnicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5ae5c219f913/Pando: Your biennial reminder that hype is a drug2015-09-11T18:04:26+00:00
https://pando.com/2015/09/11/your-annual-reminder-hype-drug/
asterisk2aFred Wilson Hype Cycle Start-Up advice lesson Unicorn Venture Capital FOMO hunt for yield distortion downround Silicon Valleyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:964808524d74/Option Games: Common Stock Values Get Murkier — The Information2015-09-11T12:19:56+00:00
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/option-games-common-stock-values-get-murkier
asterisk2acap table liquidation preferences common stock employee option grants Start-Up advice lesson HR human resources compensation package valuation Unicorn Decacorn preferred termsheet Venture Capitalhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a200a3eb2de1/Venture capitalists have Dying Unicorn lists. But they won't share 'em - Fortune2015-09-09T19:43:07+00:00
http://fortune.com/2015/09/08/dying-unicorn-lists/
asterisk2aUnicorn growth round Venture Capital Start-Up lesson advicehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b6e5734ade5d/Not All Unicorns Are Created Equal | Re/code2015-09-07T17:26:02+00:00
https://recode.net/2015/09/01/not-all-unicorns-are-created-equal/
asterisk2aUnicorn Decacornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:10978954fd9d/The size of the late-stage funding gap in Europe: research2015-09-03T03:17:50+00:00
http://tech.eu/features/5802/atomico-research-data-funding-gap-europe-us/
asterisk2aVenture Capital growth round Unicorn Europe Start-Up Scene London Berlinhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0613d66bc8e0/Priceline's Lessons for Uber, Airbnb and Other Unicorns - Bloomberg View2015-09-01T22:33:01+00:00
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-01/priceline-s-lessons-for-uber-airbnb-and-other-unicorns
asterisk2aUber Private Market AirBnB Unicorn Decacorn hunt for yield growth round Equity Mutual Fund Silicon Valley dot.com Snapchat IPO Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation Twitterhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:47f178beed5c/Pando: In the Valley, pre-seed is a meme. In New York, it’s a necessity2015-09-01T19:31:28+00:00
https://pando.com/2015/09/01/valley-pre-seed-meme-new-york-its-necessity/
asterisk2aSeed Round Party Venture Capital Micro VC barriers to entry cost of London Start-up Scene ecosystem New York burn rate runway traction A seedfunding funding Angel Investor dilution cap table lesson advice liquidation preferences hunt for yield 2015 distortion FOMO equity bubble credit ZIRP NIRP QE asset allocation Limited Partners monetary policy fiscal Wall Street behavioral finance economics Silicon Valley Private Market Public reflate reflation living valuation Unicorn Decacorn leverage financial repression literacy cycle business confidence consumer hubris panic irrational exuberance retail banking investment fractional reserve crisishttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:58ed3b4db5e3/YC Answers The Questions You Ask (“A Lot”) | TechCrunch2015-08-31T04:36:31+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/26/yc-answers-the-questions-you-ask-a-lot/
asterisk2aycombinator Unicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:98f1f41f2242/Twitter works just fine – but for investors, anything except total market domination is a disaster | Comment is free | The Guardian2015-08-31T00:00:20+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/30/twitter-works-just-fine-but-for-investors-anything-except-total-market-domination-is-a-disaster
asterisk2aTwitter Wall Street shareholder value profit maximisation short-term thinking view crony capitalism exploitation post-capitalism monopoly monopsony oligopoly oligopol Facebook IPO Google Open Source Share Economy Data Wikipedia GNU/Linux Apache Wordpress creative destruction Software Is Eating The World 3D printing Robotics automotive self-driving cars disrupting markets disruption Marketplace commodity business commoditization marginal cost differentiate differentiation economics of abundance autonomous car automation Future Work Mobile Creatives 21stcentury Collaborative collaboration cooperation user generated content crowdsourcing Industrial Revolution 2.0 policy economic history trickle-down Universal Basic Income winner take all Amazon SAP Salesforce inequality Thomas Piketty Super Rich 1% mainstreet.org tax evasion avoidance Gini coefficient deregulation neoliberalism neoliberal self-regulation regulators regulation utility public Good Silicon Valley Unicorn Decacorn Private Markethttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:01ccec0d5867/Gurley on Global Selloff: Bloomberg West (Full Show 8/21) - YouTube2015-08-28T23:19:14+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThV7GkBv6HI
asterisk2agrowth round IPO Bill Gurley Venture Capital Private Market Unicorn Decacorn Mutual Fund Equity Hedge 2015 speculative bubbles speculation hunt for yield burn rate runway sentiment business confidence consumer China recovery bubble reflate reflation book Ben Horowitz Marc Andreessen model cash flow cash-is-king Start-Up lesson financial advice valuation Mark Suster Wall Streethttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e4cfa6377024/Marc Benioff: 'Unicorns' May Struggle in Tougher Market - YouTube2015-08-28T22:44:56+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Cbnelmoi4
asterisk2aUnicorn Marc Benioffhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:81b885ea29ed/The 25 fintech 'unicorns' worth over $1 billion ranked by value - Business Insider2015-08-26T01:17:22+00:00
http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-25-fintech-unicorns-ranked-by-value-2015-7?r=US&IR=T
asterisk2aUnicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:77469b2a67b8/Why Billion-Dollar Valuations Don’t Matter | TechCrunch2015-08-25T22:21:17+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/25/why-billion-dollar-valuations-dont-matter/#.qy0vrq:ySLt
asterisk2aUnicorn SAAS Slack DropBox Box Venture Capital Silicon Valley growth round 2015 KPI metrics accounting user churn customer retention upselling acquisition CAC Decacorn on-demand convenience Marketplace business model Product/Market Fit Share Economy middleman scale economies of FOMO hunt for yield Start-Up advice lesson burn rate runway Homejoy Net Promoter Score consumer product B2C B2Bhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:af381e77a133/[ AMAZON's culture ] by USA TODAY Tech (podcast)2015-08-23T15:29:18+00:00
https://soundcloud.com/usatodaytech/what-the-market-sell-off-means-for-startups
asterisk2aAmazon Silicon Valley Unicorn Decacorn corporate culture values work environment perks benefits beyond workplace drama Office Politics career ladder advice Leadership CEO Jeff Bezos Millennials peer pressure people management business team HR human resources hiring burnout chronic stress life balancehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:93a6e00b0c56/No Surprise: Snapchat Makes Money Disappear, Too | Re/code2015-08-19T21:09:10+00:00
http://recode.net/2015/08/19/no-surprise-snapchat-makes-money-disappear-too/
asterisk2aSnapchat Unicorn Uber Decacornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:51b49bfe9c05/Why I'm Moving My Business From San Francisco to St. Louis | Need/Want2015-08-16T07:34:33+00:00
http://needwant.com/p/im-moving-san-francisco-st-louis/
asterisk2aSan Francisco Palo Alto Mountain View growth round Google Facebook Venture Capital hunt for yield Silicon Valley barriers to entry cost of living burn rate runway Start-Up lesson advice Seed Angel Investor Micro VC bootstraped bootstrapping bootstrapped New York Scene London Los Angeles asset allocation ZIRP NIRP QE unintended consequences unknown unkown Taper Unicorn Decacorn 2015https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:268c21276bc8/Uber operating at big losses, suggests document leak - BBC News2015-08-08T23:47:30+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33800073
asterisk2aUber Venture Capital growth round Unicorn Decacorn 2015 Lift termsheet liquidation preferenceshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7dd9bcdd6f5b/The only stat about unicorns that should worry Silicon Valley2015-07-23T02:40:01+00:00
https://pando.com/2015/07/21/only-stat-about-unicorns-should-worry-silicon-valley/
asterisk2aburn rate Unicorn Decacorn runway Silicon Valley growth round San Francisco Palo Alto Bill Gurley Start-Up lesson advice Blue Ocean Venture Capital termsheet liquidation preferences SPV Mutual Fund Private Equity IPOhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0534cce4dbac/Fear Trumps Greed in Silicon Valley as Some Venture Firms Hedge - Bloomberg Business2015-07-20T23:07:30+00:00
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-20/fear-trumps-greed-in-silicon-valley-as-some-venture-firms-hedge
asterisk2aSilicon Valley burn rate runway cash flow cash-is-king hunt for yield distortion ZIRP NIRP QE growth round SPV war talent Private Market Equity Hedge Fund Mutual bubble USA Fed Taper asset allocation Angel Investor Seed business model advertising VC Venture Capital Greed FOMO speculative bubbles speculation SoftBank IPO NASDAQ A Unicorn Decacorn termsheet liquidation preferences exit strategy M&A acquisition acquihire acqui-hire cycle plan investment confidence consumer leverage debtoverhang irrational exuberancehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:174e7699ef23/Welcome To The Unicorn Club, 2015: Learning From Billion-Dollar Companies | TechCrunch2015-07-18T20:54:36+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/18/welcome-to-the-unicorn-club-2015-learning-from-billion-dollar-companies/#.qy0vrq:2J78
asterisk2aUnicorn Silicon Valley marketshare growth round FOMO Private Market hunt for yield speculative bubbles speculation SPV diversity gender bias gender-based discrimination politics equality policing harassment STEM pattern matching recognition nurture environment entrepreneurhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:980bacd9c481/Homejoy Is Shutting Down At The End Of The Month | TechCrunch2015-07-18T14:30:10+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/17/homejoy-is-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-the-month/
asterisk2a> THUS [Freemium] the Free On Phone Version 4 closetphile (wont cost u much except dev) & the Customer paying 4 Cloud Convenience,Security, more features (ie analytics). &! bit.ly/1CSygUA]]>Start-Up lesson advice on-demand convenience scale economies of Venture Capital burn rate runway business model closetphile wardrobemalfunction freemium Homejoy added value creation Perception Silicon Valley Unicorn speculative bubbles speculation Appification mobile homescreen first phone irrational exuberance Rocket Internet Uber Lyft customer acquisition cost retention lifetime SAAS Postmates Service Sector Jobs 1099 Economy uncertainty self-employment Niedriglohnsektor Niedriglohn marketplace efficiencies commodity commoditization price sensitive insensitive sensitivity behavioral economics finance status symbol anxiety socioeconomic social craigslist sustainable sustainability metrics KPI Circa Share marketshare unithttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b6a92bfce184/Silicon Valley: 'Centre of the universe' - but for how long? - BBC News2015-07-16T19:31:56+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33546194
asterisk2aSilicon Valley irrational exuberance speculative bubbles speculation growth round late-stage funding Unicorn Bill Gurleyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:514657f328da/The frustrating, no-win "Goldilocks Zone" of seed deals2015-07-09T17:32:46+00:00
https://pando.com/2015/07/08/frustrating-no-win-goldilocks-zone-seed-deals/
asterisk2aSeed Round Party Start-Up lesson advice Angel Investor Micro VC Venture Capital Series A seedround seedfunding traction business model Silicon Valley economies of scale pageviews Unicorn valuation speculative bubbles speculationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6b3a2e1ff736/Snapchat Solicits Longer Content By Ditching Tap-And-Hold-To-Watch | TechCrunch2015-07-01T19:35:55+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/01/but-are-they-still-watching/
asterisk2aSnapchat snacking attention span user behaviour mobile homescreen phone valuation Evan Spiegel product management consumer Social Media Network Core Value Proposition experience Design Minimal Viable Product/Market Fit Officer differentiate differentiation Twitter Facebook business model Unicorn speculative bubbles speculation growth round Silicon Valleyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6bcbdb30c26f/Sacca: Bad Deals Are Being Done in Silicon Valley - Bloomberg Business2015-06-12T13:29:42+00:00
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-11/sacca-carl-icahn-made-a-mistake-with-lyft
asterisk2aChris Sacca Silicon Valley ecosystem Twitter runway burn rate cash flow business model San Francisco Palo Alto hunt for yield distortion growth round SPV Hedge Fund Mutual late-stage funding Private Market Equity ZIRP NIRP QE cash-is-king Bill Gurley Unicorn Hype Cycle inflation Venture Capital Micro VC Angel Investor war talenthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:885f0803e791/Who Will Be Hurt Most When The Tech Bubble Bursts? Not VCs | TechCrunch2015-05-30T18:53:39+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/24/who-will-be-hurt-most-when-the-tech-bubble-burst-not-vcs/#.qy0vrq:7rfy
asterisk2aSilicon Valley burn rate operations Bill Gurley Unicorn runway FOMO Venture Capital growth round termsheet liquidation preferences Private Market Equity SPV bubble distortion QE ZIRP NIRP disinflation secular stagnation deflationary deflation western world business model revenue revenues fiscal policy income USA OECD sovereign debt crisis austerity disposable error Taper folly monetary productive investment underinvestment infrastructure 1% Super Rich on-demand convenience Share Economy labour economics discretionary spending Schuldenbremse PIGS Brexit Grexit currency war macroeconomics Pact Europe productivity Lohnzurückhaltung job creation globalisation globalization Niedriglohn Niedriglohnsektor Service Sector Jobs flat borderless competitive Future of Work Industrial Revolution 2.0 economic history speculative bubbles speculation demographic Cycle consumer zombie bankshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:30fff9e079ab/Your chances of becoming a unicorn? Just over 1% | PandoDaily2015-05-30T01:36:53+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/05/28/your-chances-of-becoming-a-unicorn-just-over-1/
asterisk2aUnicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:066959bca98e/Unicorn sugar crash | PandoDaily2015-05-16T23:33:34+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/05/16/unicorn-sugar-crash/
asterisk2aUnicorn termsheet liquidation preferences growth round Start-Up lesson advice Silicon Valley pitch deck valuation speculative speculationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:03e24a1e4f78/One Thing All the Billion-Dollar Unicorns Have in Common | Re/code2015-05-11T18:17:37+00:00
https://recode.net/2015/05/10/heres-one-thing-all-the-billion-dollar-unicorns-have-in-common/
asterisk2aUnicorn Start-Up lesson advice Silicon Valley SPV growth round hunt for yield Private Equity burn rate runway business model Venture Capital Mutual Fund Hedge termsheet liquidation preferenceshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:32cdbe394235/Zenefits Is Tagged With a $4.5 Billion Valuation After Just Two Years - Digits - WSJ2015-05-06T16:23:39+00:00
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/05/06/zenefits-tagged-with-4-5-billion-valuation-after-just-two-years/
asterisk2aZenefits Unicorn growth round Private Market Equityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:527f129cb395/Bloomberg: How Silicon Valley Back-Room Deals Make Unicorns And Decacorns -SVW2015-05-06T04:31:57+00:00
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2015/03/bloomberg_how_silicon.php
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Unicorn Private Market SPVhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:62c73acfbb2b/You Need To Be A Billion Just To Make A Million | TechCrunch2015-05-04T18:59:35+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/26/you-need-to-be-a-billion-just-to-make-a-million/
asterisk2aSilicon Valley San Francisco barriers to entry distortion NIRP ZIRP QE A Round Seed Angel Investor hunt for yield Private Market competitive advantage ecosystem burn rate runway MVP Product/Market Fit Start-Up lesson advice unintended consequences bubble speculative bubbles speculation Venture Capital Equity growth hacking hacker structural imbalance Impediments creative destruction Unicorn competitiveness competition Signal vs. Noise allocation attention span New York Scene Alley HR human resourceshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:074374a76639/The Micro VC Shakeout | TechCrunch2015-04-27T13:32:57+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/26/the-microvc-shakeout/
asterisk2aVenture Capital hunt for yield barriers to entry complexity unintended consequences speculative bubbles asset bubble equity bond debt NIRP ZIRP QE allocation ecosystem FOMO Angel Investor Seed Round Accelerator distortion Unicorn growth Private SPV Wall Streethttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8eedca15737e/Behind Nasdaq’s Rebound: Tech Products People Want to Use - Bloomberg Business2015-04-26T16:49:46+00:00
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-23/behind-nasdaq-s-rebound-tech-products-people-want-to-use
asterisk2aNASDAQ Unicorn Silicon Valley distortion Private Equity ZIRP NIRP bubble QE hunt for yield asset allocation 2015 Taperhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c0ce1b03ce59/- Startups - Sarah Lacy, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, and CEO of PandoMedia -TWiST #329 - YouTube2015-04-26T12:21:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-0wEMr-hlA
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Digg Unicorn distortion Failure TechCrunch Mike Arrington public image interest discourse perception Venture Capital Angel Investor bubblehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a0ab1fe2c82d/Slack's massive funding round is everything amazing and insane about the startup bubble | The Verge2015-04-23T13:08:08+00:00
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/17/8431989/slacks-massive-new-funding-round-is-everything-amazing-and-insane
asterisk2aSlack Unicorn growth round Silicon Valley San Francisco distortion Private Market Equity Venture Capital SAAS Enterprise 2.0 valuation hunt for yield speculative bubbles asset allocationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:aabf34d4cb30/Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Is Looking To Raise A Giant New Round Of Funding | TechCrunch2015-04-22T17:44:57+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/21/zenefits-400-million/#.qy0vrq:TJeG
asterisk2a COO/Accounting/HR // youtu.be/7KmjzfK3f38 min 11 Start-up struggle, figuring it out along the way but having a sense // (2015) youtu.be/8DwlS_6jLAo "Hyperscaling Inside Sales" &! YC W2013 application video - youtu.be/-S83fysRwn4]]>valuation Silicon Valley Zenefits HR Unicorn growth round enterprise 2.0 SAAS SPV business model customer acquisition user churn marketing Box DropBox Salesforce ZenDesk experience Software Is Eating The World operations freemium scaling LTV scale human resources hiring Core Product Value Proposition saleshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:770d5b737b5f/Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages: Amazon.co.uk: Carlota Perez: 9781843763314: Books2015-04-22T06:14:42+00:00
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technological-Revolutions-Financial-Capital-Dynamics/dp/1843763311/
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Hype Cycle speculative bubbles Share Economy Uber convenience TaskRabbit Shyp service Services Industry Sector Jobs Niedriglohn Niedriglohnsektor precarious work Precariat Zero Hour Contract self-employment marketplace efficiencies Venture Capital Snapchat Unicorn consumer internet consumerism confidence book Industrial Revolution 2.0 Software Is Eating The World Robotics algorithm 3D printing automation Future of Mobile Creatives Creative Postmates Lyft Hailo Delivery Hero Just Eat saddl.nl Drinkfly DoorDash sprig Wineist SpoonRocket Onfleet OLA BlaBlaCar Sidecar Zipcar Houzz Instacart Deliveroo Operator Hello Alfredhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:137430ba8701/[PreMoney MIAMI] Upfront Ventures, Mark Suster, "Venture Outlook 2015 - Goldrush or Fool's Gold" - YouTube2015-04-20T21:59:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTqFhEbwz-k
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Seed Round A growth Venture Capital Sales Funnel of Intent mobile first homescreen phone Social Media Start-Up lesson advice hunt for yield ZIRP NIRP QE secular stagnation productive investment Private Market Platform TOS 2000 dot.com bubble 2008 IPO Wall Street single-class share structure SPV short-term thinking view Hedge Fund Mutual Equity late-stage funding Unicorn seedround seedfunding angelinvestor angel-list Angel Investor angelinvestors incomplete information complexity unintended consequences Dave McClure Mark Suster UpFront Ventures 500 Start-ups paradigm shifthttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:44f7b51072f3/Alas, poor Snapchat, I knew thee well – The unicorns are dying, according to Owler | PandoDaily2015-04-20T05:18:54+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/04/17/alas-poor-snapchat-i-knew-thee-well-the-unicorns-are-dying-according-to-owler/
asterisk2aUnicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0e82b20883a7/Marc Andreessen on innovation and diversity | Fortune - YouTube2015-04-19T22:08:55+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71JE89uWBCQ
asterisk2a2015 IPO M&A Wall Street shareholder value Silicon Valley bubbles equity bubble bond recovery GFC ZIRP NIRP QE BOE BOJ Abenomics ECB Fed Public Market Private hunt for yield single-class share structure Marc Andreessen Venture Capital Unicorn economic history macroeconomics debt secular stagnation demographic speculative behavioral economics finance distortion sovereign crisis zombie corporations banks consumer Super Cycle monetisation monetization deleveraging debtoverhang balance sheet recessionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c12c0e51b97e/Gillmor Gang: Money for Nothing - Gillmor Gang | TechCrunch TV2015-04-18T19:39:05+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/video/gillmor-gang-money-for-nothing/518774797/
asterisk2aSeed Round A traction hunt for yield ZIRP NIRP QE unintended consequences Silicon Valley asset bubble allocation behavioral finance bond bubbles equity demographic secular stagnation complexity growth Start-Up lesson advice pattern matching selection bias confirmation Unicorn Wall Street Private Mutual Fund Hedge Venture Capital savings glut productive investment business model Snapchat WhatsApp Instagram Slack Uber productivity output gap STEM Share Economy Services Industry Niedriglohnsektor incomplete information economic history marginal cost liquidity trap sovereign debt crisis zombie banks consumer corporations structural imbalance global imbalances faultlines Product/Market Fit value creation 1000 True Fans Core Product Proposition differentiate differentiationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3d45b2d876e7/The Potential Upside To A Technology Bubble | TechCrunch2015-04-17T02:42:33+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/07/the-potential-upside-to-a-technology-bubble/
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Seed Round growth hunt for yield A GFC recession Unicorn symptom burn rate superficial status anxiety symbol Private Equity bubble bond ZIRP NIRP QE distortion secular stagnation liquidity trap speculative bubbles Super Rich 1% asset allocation incomplete information complexity herding demographic Structural Impediments imbalance faultlineshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:aadee1010941/What Etsy’s stellar debut doesn’t say about the IPO market | PandoDaily2015-04-16T21:39:59+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/04/16/what-etsys-stellar-debut-doesnt-say-about-the-ipo-market/
asterisk2a> its abt shareholder value creation going forward >> bloom.bg/1E0H9br >> Founder "maximizing shareholder value is "ridiculous." // Cant marry WallStreet & long-term view, internal values, true 10x better customer value creation fwrd //&! bit.ly/1b08aC3 on.recode.net/1JNUY]]>Private Equity Hedge Fund Mutual pension Wall Street hunt for yield distortion QE ZIRP NIRP secular stagnation Western World IPO Unicorn market Silicon Valley incomplete information complexity bubble bond asset bubbles demographic speculative burn rate shareholder value profit maximisation crony capitalism communityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:623cb64c70a3/"One-on-One" fundraising deals are hot in Silicon Valley - Fortune2015-04-16T19:47:20+00:00
https://fortune.com/2015/04/16/tech-bubble-unicorn-valuation/
asterisk2aSilicon Valley wantrepreneur Unicorn private market distortion hunt for yield speculative bubbles ZIRP NIRP QE liquidity trap bond bubble equity secular stagnation pattern matching FOMO selection bias confirmationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:27645e54109c/Would you rather be a real millionaire or a paper billionaire? The psychology of unicorns and the toll on Q1 returns | PandoDaily2015-04-15T13:54:24+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/04/14/would-you-rather-be-a-real-millionaire-or-a-paper-billionaire-the-psychology-of-unicorns-and-the-toll-on-q1-returns/
asterisk2aPrivate Equity Hedge Fund Mutual growth round Venture Capital Silicon Valley Unicorn hunt for yield Sovereign Wealth distortion ZIRP NIRP QE bubble bond debt zombie corporations banks Super Cycle savings glut liquidity trap productive investment speculative bubbles Wall Street incomplete information market confirmation bias pattern matching recognition selection behavioral financehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7914d5d2121c/Big Valuations Come With Dangerous Small Print | TechCrunch2015-04-14T13:13:59+00:00
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/13/big-valuations-come-with-dangerous-small-print/
asterisk2aSPV Venture Capital growth round Private Equity Hedge Fund IPO Mutual mutualfunds Start-Up lesson advice Wall Street hunt for yield distortion Silicon Valley Unicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4547df819980/Josh Kopelman drops some knowledge on all you “private IPO-loving” unicorns | PandoDaily2015-04-08T10:21:38+00:00
http://pando.com/2015/04/06/josh-kopelman-drops-some-knowledge-on-all-you-private-ipo-loving-unicorns/
asterisk2aUnicorn growth round Venture Capital hunt for yield SPV distortion Wall Street QE ZIRP NIRP complexity unintended consequences incomplete information Silicon Valley IPO equity bubble bond savings glut productive investment private market disequilibriumhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:29a1c777b3ce/In Silicon Valley Frenzy, VCs Create New Inside Track - WSJ2015-04-05T02:29:05+00:00
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-silicon-valley-frenzy-vcs-create-new-inside-track-1427992176
asterisk2aSilicon Valley Unicorn Venture Capital Networking savings glut allocation efficiency asset Private Market Public transparency inefficiencies marketplace efficiencieshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3b967494a6dc/Sure Stripe has more cash, but does it have a path to exit? | PandoDaily2014-12-04T16:35:10+00:00
http://pando.com/2014/12/02/sure-stripe-has-more-cash-but-does-it-have-a-path-to-exit/
asterisk2aVenture Capital Stripe Apple Pay PayPal Google Wallet Bitcoin Amazon Alibaba Rakuten Silicon Valley growth round exitstrategy exit strategy IPO M&A business model margin AliPay Braintree mobile first homescreen Platform network effect economies of scale scaling Venmo valuation ycombinator Unicorn Square Wall Street payments online creditcard Visa Mastercard micropayments Start-Up lesson advicehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:df09c5735477/The Lindy Effect on startup potential by @ASmartBear2014-12-01T19:39:08+00:00
http://blog.asmartbear.com/lindy-effect.html
asterisk2a> Venture Capital / raising money / when and why to raise money / do you need to raise money? >> ] You get 2x by assumption but 10x you have to prove. If you’re in the business of raising money, you actually have to prove.]]>Start-Up lesson advice growth round Venture Capital Silicon Valley ecosystem Unicornhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:02b3377bef94/Values and Culture – AVC2014-11-19T21:32:17+00:00
http://avc.com/2014/11/values-and-culture/
asterisk2aUber Hype Cycle Unicorn Silicon Valley subculturehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:da5d9c9ed1e1/Shrink Your Digital Footprint with Mark Cuban's Cyber Dust | Disrupt SF 2014 - YouTube2014-09-12T21:32:52+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72gfmBOAmI0
asterisk2a> coming from the outside, selling it to the inside. +++ http://youtu.be/nXVKA__JohU]]>Silicon Valley Mark Cuban Start-Up advice lesson FOMO valuation Unicorn culture hunt for yield Los Angeles Scene New York Berlin Europe London angelinvestor angelinvestors seedfunding seedroundhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e80741ec8fe2/A Fireside Chat Jason Calacanis - YouTube2014-06-16T22:30:33+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kxc40MR5dg&feature=youtu.be&t=1h59m
asterisk2a> be short, sharp, compelling, have at least a mock-up if not better a MVP, or even better a product w traction. DONT ASK INVESTORS WHAT THE HAVE LEAST, TIME. ... and no dissing of unicorns (billion dollar exist, business),]]>Jason Calacanis Start-Up lesson advice focused focus execution communication Unicorn MVP Minimal Viable Product Hustle billion dollar exit Venture Capital VC angelinvestors angelinvestor seedround seedfunding tractionhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d75be017709e/