Leave a comment Errata Caster’s percentage of female employees is about 87% not 95%. Caster was founded in Tokyo, later moved to Miyazaki, and then moved back to Tokyo after the IPO Transcript Welcome to Disrupting Japan, Straight Talk from Japan’s most innovative founders and VCs. ...
Despite concerns, most VCs don't believe memecoins are going away. Steve Lee, co-founder and managing partner at Neoclassic Capital and a former Goldman Sachs portfolio manager, sees the LIBRA fallout as a "healthy correction" rather than the end. "This event will flush out low-quality proje...
Index funds in the UK are commonly set up asOEICs. Some are structured as Unit Trusts, some asInvestment Companies with Variable Capital (ICVCs). The practical difference between these types is negligible from an investor’s perspective, except that Unit Trusts have a bid-offer spread. ...
Life insurance is a tax-protected way to protect your heirs’ interests. Puerto Rico marketed its bonds as “triple tax-free” (exempt from federal, state, and local income taxes), which made them very attractive, for a while. An emerging manager, Greenline Partners, offers a risk-parity ...
I’m thrilled to be going to Dublin in late January to talk about “Free Ride.” On January 24, at 6:30pm, I will give a talk at Hodges Figgis – the kind of cool, old Dublin bookstore where every writer dreams of speaking. The next day I will speak at the Screen Directors Guil...
Fondo: Initially it was Wild West. You had basically crypto people investing in companies and buying these tokens. Now what you’re seeing is the VCs. We represent a bunch of them. And they’re aggressive, in the sense of they’re not afraid to take risk, and they’re constantly on ...
Start For Free What is the future of chatbots? This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the transformational impact of chatbots on our personal and professional lives. Every industry will be disrupted by the innovative force of AI. Whether it's in a hair salon or medical office,...
Negotiate for all the stock options you can get. But beware: A company is not likely to give you more options than it has already decided on. Management has thought about this more than you have, under the guidance of people who put up their cash to start the business. Unless you would...
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The scale of products and things that are being brought to market are probably a little bit richer when I look at Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Google. But I love Gabe (Newell), the Valve co-founder. Was there for his lifetime achievement award. It’s wonderful to see what they’ve created...