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Jack Selby of Thiel Capital is using a new VC fund to invest in Arizona startups

TechCrunch

Jack Selby, a former PayPal exec and the longtime managing director of Thiel Capital who attracted some attention years back for his low-key largesse , has a new, $110 million venture fund that he intends to invest mostly in his adopted state of Arizona, where Selby has lived since 2002.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

I started having my own psychedelic experiences many years ago, the first one was in 2002 I think. I fell in love with support lines, and really thought that support lines are a radically underappreciated, but foundational part of a community mental health ecosystem. “I am a cultural activist, musician and artist.

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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

Metrics matter most in Series B, or as the venture community likes to say: “There’s nothing like numbers to screw up a good story,” and render a promising startup unfinanceable. Because the U.S. is the primary provider of venture capital to itself and the rest of the world, the companies vying for these funds are now more global than ever.

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Man in Red Bandana

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In May 2002, The New York Times published an article about two survivors who were saved by a man wearing a red bandana. Hire for Culture. He taught me the importance of culture in business. His company’s hiring decisions are based, in large part, on cultural fit. Build Your Community.

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Back to the Drawing Board

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I founded Source Security in 2002. In order to truly move the needle, we needed to become fanatical about our purpose and embed it deeply throughout our culture. With purpose, autonomy, mastery and a sense of community, we turned our people into true stakeholders of our business. If the answer was no, we wasted no time on it.

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The Morning After. What Have We Done?

Both Sides of the Table

The were exonerated after an admission by the real perpetrator confessed in 2002 and DNA evidence proved it. I fear for African American communities who have been victimized by police brutality and aggression and whose only tool to fight this oppression has been the smart phone video coverage showing the world their inequities.

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