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Why I Backed a 24-Year-Old Trying to Assess Human Potential

Both Sides of the Table

The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. Incumbents launch products, VCs throw cash at other competitors, team members quit, the economy dips — whatever. Fundamentally the system feels broken.

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Facebook and Speech: It’s All About Power

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I have spoken and written extensively about this going back to a post on labor rights (2014) and my TEDxNY talk (2015), several subsequent blog posts , and my book World After Capital. This has massively reduced the power of incumbent banks, allowing for rapid innovation in the banking and payments sector.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

Both Sides of the Table

We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. Tige and I discuss an excellent blog post written by the CEO of Hulu (Jason Kilar) on the future of advertising. I run Revolution’s VC investments.

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