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Despite this grandiose fervor, venture capital is not changing.Like a wordâs denotation, it is unchangeable â an absolute, a fixed paradigm.Venture Capital, very simply, funds:The test of a true, novel hypothesis withâŚEnough capital to definitively prove or disprove said hypothesis so as to generateâŚSupporting data that makes it clear that the... See more
History shows some of the best opportunities come in bad times, not good ones.Though weâre not in the business of prediction here at Stonks, in the words of Lord Byron: âThe best prophet of the future is the past.âPut simply, if public/crypto market turmoil persists, early-stage valuations may well drop ~30% or lower (i.e.below levels seen merely a... See more
Technology is changing one of the most powerful forces in shaping society: ambition. What the most ambitious people choose to do with their lives has a profound impact on society, the economy and culture. Itâs changing, fast.First, that digital technology is the most recent in a series of âtechnologies of ambitionâ that have enabled ambitious... See more
The result is that the New Faith, which rejects nearly every fundamental principle of liberal modernity â the existence of an objective and immutable reality that can be discovered by reason; the scientific method; an enduring human nature; the primacy of the sovereign individual over the collective; impartial equality before the law; secular... See more
I would sum up that history in a Hegelian framework: Adenauer supplied the thesis â anchoring his country in the West; Brandt added the antithesis â stabilizing relations to the East; and Kohl achieved the synthesis â a fusion of the two Germanys in a reconciled Europe. Brandt gets Cooperâs special acclaim. Although he doesnât mention Angela... See more
Every company has to become a media company -- because every company needs to master the technologies of publishing to their customers, staff, neighbors, and to raise their media profile against their competitors.I realized that every company is now a media company. It doesn't matter if it makes network gear or diapers, every company needs to... See more