Unicorn Valuations/Markdowns Are Too Random to Be Newsworthy
Public equity markets go up and down……a lot. Per the chart below, the NASDAQ has gone up or down 10...
5 Largest Market Cap Companies Are Now All Tech: Huge Tech Milestone or Non Event?
Ever since the word “unicorn” was coined, the startup world has been obsessed with them. The bigger the unicorn, the...
The Rise of Flight VC Continues with the Help of 2 Unicorn Exits
In March 2015, I joined Flight VC as manager of the Israeli Founders Syndicate, the 15th syndicate in the stable of Flight VC’s...
Mission NOT Accomplished : So Stop CELEBRATING Financings
I start with the premise that running a startup is hard. My favorite business book on running a start up...
Lessons Learned From Google’s 42 Hour Reign As The World’s Most Valuable Company
On Monday February 1st, after the market closed. Google reported blow out earnings. In after hours trading Google’s shares immediately...
Welcome to the Prune Club: Learning From Billion Dollar Innovation Laggards
In late 2013, Aileen Lee wrote a seminal article in TechCrunch where she coined the term “Unicorn” as a “U.S....