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For the first time in 4 years, profitability beats growth
Jeremy Abelson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Abelson is the founder and lead portfolio manager of Irving Investors. Combining his experience as an operator and institutional investor, Abelson...
View ArticleIs today’s market sad or sane?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single...
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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to...
Latin Americans seeking the ability to invest in companies trading on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange now have a new option in Vest, a startup that has launched a mobile-first brokerage app with...
View ArticleTiger Global and Greycroft back Nigerian investment app Bamboo in $15M round
To buy a share in Amazon, you’d have to fork out almost $3,000. It’s a luxury very few can afford and despite the prospects of the trillion-dollar company or returns from its share price, it’ll take...
View ArticleEgyptian investment app Thndr nabs $20M from Tiger Global, Prosus Ventures...
The MENA region has about 400 million people with $500 billion in annual savings. But as a relatively young population, most of them have minimal equity market and investment exposure. Replicating the...
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3 keys that unlock data-driven fundraising
Blair Silverberg Contributor Share on Twitter Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital, a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by...
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How quickly do enterprise tech firms need to grow to satisfy today’s investors?
A half-dozen enterprise stocks reported earnings this week, but with the world in turmoil, the market gave them kind of a rough reception. It’s hard to say what had the stock market in a tizzy, but it...
View ArticleSurvival tips for startup founders living through their first market correction
Navin Chaddha Contributor Share on Twitter Navin Chaddha is managing partner at Mayfield, an inception and early-stage investor with more than 50 years of a people-first investing philosophy. More...
View ArticleCram downs are a character test for VCs and founders
Steve Blank Contributor Share on Twitter Steve Blank is a founding faculty at the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, an adjunct professor at Stanford and a...
View ArticleRobinhood to lay off 9% of full-time employees
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced Tuesday that it was laying off 9% of its full-time employees. Earlier this year, Reuters reported that Robinhood had 3,400 employees, and though that did not specify...
View ArticleAmazon stock plunges to two-year low following first-quarter loss
Amazon stock plunged to a two-year low as shares slid as much as 12% on Friday morning after the company reported its first-quarter results yesterday. The company reported a loss of $3.84 billion, or...
View ArticleRobinhood to let users lend out their shares in its attempt to diversify revenue
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a feature that will allow its users to lend out their stocks in hopes of earning passive, recurring income from borrowers, the company announced today. Robinhood...
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The stock-market impact of Apple’s WWDC keynote
Each and every time Apple collects the technology press for an event, TechCrunch takes the time to track the impact of the company’s announcements on the value of its equity. The result is usually...
View ArticleDeal terms look different in a downturn. Here’s what to watch out for
The last decade has been pretty friendly to startup founders at the deal table. Term sheets got shorter and deals became less structured. Capital was abundant, the exit window wide open and the outlook...
View ArticleLate-stage tech companies must do right by their employees: Reassess your...
Frederik Mijnhardt Contributor Share on Twitter Frederik Mijnhardt is the CEO of Secfi, an equity planning platform for startup executives and employees. More posts by this contributor Inside Secfi’s...
View ArticleRobinhood almost imploded during the GameStop meme stock chaos
The House Committee on Financial Services released a report late last week offering a harrowing glimpse inside Robinhood during the frenzy around Gamestop stock early last year. The stock trading and...
View Article4 negotiation points startup founders must focus on in a down market
John Weaver Contributor Share on Twitter John Weaver is CEO of 22 Ventures, an angel firm that offers founders connections, entrepreneurial experience and a genuine concern for their well-being. For...
View ArticleLondon fails to retain Atlassian as it heads stateside in search of a...
Despite multiple overtures by the British government to woo tech companies and keep the largest ones from defecting to the U.S., the latest example of the failure of this policy comes with the news...
View ArticleHere’s how to protect your equity if you get laid off
Adam Keesling Contributor Share on Twitter Adam Keesling works for Compound, a company that specializes in helping tech founders and employees manage their financial lives, starting with their...
View ArticleSnap stock is getting obliterated
Investors in social media company Snap are reeling this afternoon as the stock has endured a bit of a meltdown following its release of Q2 earnings yesterday. The stock price is down nearly 40% for the...
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