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'Black Swan' Author Blasts Rich Tech Founders Amid Coinbase Insider Selling Lawsuit: 'Transfer Downside To Suckers'
Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 3:40am | 463Read More...“The Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb recently took to Twitter to slam insider selling by tech founders, labeling it “inverse skin the game.” What Happened: “You get rich by selling a story and transfer the downside to suckers," Taleb tweeted late Wednesday. He...
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Fred Wilson: This Is Why Apple May Be On The Wrong Path
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 9:56am | 309Read More...Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures said back in 2014 that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would not be considered a top three technology company by the end of the decade. Speaking at TC Disrupt, he said at the time that Apple's products are "too rooted to hardware" and "hardware...
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Fred Wilson On 'The Twitter Contradiction'
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 8:39am | 304Read More...There are some negative thoughts on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) as the social media company is not growing in respect to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and today's youth gravitate toward Snapchat and Instagram. But, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures presents a different picture in his blog...
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Rambo's Reads For January 4, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015 - 11:46am | 209Read More...My new dog, Rambo, humors me when I talk about the markets. Every Sunday, Rambo and I will share what we've been reading. Here's our picks for the first Sunday of 2015: Ben Casselman explains why the conventional wisdom on oil is always wrong. Josh Brown has fun with Wall Street...
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What Does it Take to Impress Foundry Group Co-Founder Brad Feld?
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 5:54pm | 592Read More...Zynga founder Mark Pincus might have the answer. If you're going to impress Brad Feld, co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, you had better be prepared to go above and beyond the average entrepreneur. “What we end up looking for are entrepreneurs who are incredibly obsessed about the...
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Fred Wilson: "Kickstarter May be the Most Disruptive and Transformative Idea in our Entire Portfolio"
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:06am | 113Read More...New York-based venture capitalist and finance blogger Fred Wilson has high praise for Kickstarter, the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. “@om i think @kickstarter may be the most disruptive and transformative idea in our entire portfolio,” he tweeted this morning. “and there'...
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The Audience, Not The Content
Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 1:54pm | 171Read More...The worst examples of subscription services are those that break the content up into free and paid. It's as if some content is worth more than other content. I think that is the wrong idea most of the time, and especially in news and news related content. I like the subscription model the FT has...
