Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We see the first broadly successful tokens with dividends (likely outside the US). US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2020

Time to look forward to the decade that is upon us. It is a decade in which we will need to find answers to questions that hang over us like last night’s celebrations. We will see carbon taxed like the vice that it is in most countries around the world this decade, including in the US.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In 1992, the United Nations proclaimed December 3 to be the International Day of Disabled Persons to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities and to raise awareness of the situations they face in political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of life. In 2016 we pushed for the implementation of Law N.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

Fortunately, we can learn about these mental errors , which helps us address misinformation and make our workplaces more truthful. Structured information gathering and decision-making processes help us avoid the numerous errors we make when we follow our intuition. The lazy brain. Our brains are lazy. Fixing our brains. What can we do?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

The reason I enjoy reading so much about history & politics is that I find it gives you more context for thinking about organizing principles in life. But he also had an optimistic note about the US that I had never consider. This is likely a great deal of our success in the US. Leading me back to Churchill. So back to Uber.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

They are people who are denied involvement or face limited involvement in social, economic, educational, political and/or cultural life. But most of us are still guilty of using language that causes offense even if we don’t mean to. Who lives on the periphery of your community and why? Be willing to accept correction.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For us as a company, this means not cutting back where it might impact growth, but definitely being conservative and foregoing costly opportunities or hiring roles that won’t yield the highest impact or returns in the first two quarters or more of 2023,” she said. Which is the most pressing political issue you are keeping tabs on?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2020

They may seem outlandish or politically unacceptable, but experience shows that the optimal choice is often drawn from out of the box and innovative elements. You want to keep the decision free from the influence of personalities, relationships, or internal politics. It’s important to generate more options than you’d think.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 27, 2021

Some will be familiar as others have done similar things (no more politics on the company’s communication channels, no more committees, rethinking the review process). It is also the case that companies carry much of the cost of insuring their employees health in the US.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Insights and soundbites from our second Beyond Silicon Valley Summit This year, we had more than 150 investors from 31 states join us for our second Beyond Silicon Valley Summit. There are untold impacts of climate change many of us don’t see.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

Keith Williams, EVP of Learning; Chelsea Dennison, EO Staff lead; and I had US$50,000, which was one-tenth the budget American Express was spending on a similar event. Even some of the venues and caterers worked with us to produce tasteful yet affordable experiences that elevated the inaugural class’s experience. All of them did.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

Some of us remember the 2000 dot-com crash. It’s how we respond that makes us different,” Rustand says. After years of political discord, the pandemic has brought out some of our better angels. That’s unprecedented in Rustand’s life, too. You’ve probably never felt anything like this,” Rustand says. Because there is opportunity.

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Y Combinator

MAY 11, 2022

And welcome back to Divya, Ashu, Tom, and Rich who joined us after the W22 Visiting Group Partners were announced. JJ Fliegelman JJ was co-founder and CTO of WayUp (W15), the leading DEI recruiting platform used by millions. Welcome to JJ, Liz, Pete, and Puneet.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Amid political and social unrest in Nicaragua, his team had to navigate around various stressors and find the best way to efficiently move and export coffee to the US, and David overcame these stressors by communicating as much as possible and having faith in his producers.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In 2010, Gastón participated in a social assistance trip to Peru; recognized the different social, political and economic needs of the area; and saw how his actions could affect the individuals in the community’s lives. We must create a reliable relationship with customers, and they need to trust in us,” he says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the time of the Tower acquisition announcement, Patrick Moorhead, lead analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, said that the deal would have given Intel access to custom silicon it didn’t have — but the pitched political battle between the U.S. The ongoing political battles between China and the U.S.,

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cascades explains Greg’s observations on what it takes for innovation of all kinds (political movements, cultural change, startups, re-orgs, etc.) Such as when US armed forces refused (and continue to refuse) to wear UN peacekeeper uniforms – because their identity is with the US. to achieve lasting impact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

You ask Gladwell what he would prioritize as president of the US. What role do you believe entrepreneurs in particular can—or should—play in politics? Frankly, I’m not sure if entrepreneurs are right or not for politics. Yes, EO Nashville is a fast-growing chapter, and of course the largest chapter in the US.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

A desire to look “sexy” and politically correct as opposed to being honest. For example, saying publicly, “We invest mostly in white/Asian men who went to Stanford like us” accurately describes numerous VCs, but doesn’t sound very politically correct. Most limited partners we speak with agree. This is probably a major reason.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ the politics of startups ” in which I asserted that all companies have politics, which in its purest sense is just about understanding human psychology. And, yes, it is politics at its purest. We sat down the three of us. Meaning – politics starts with your co-founder.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 10, 2023

Intersecting identities influence how each of us experiences our world and how we contribute diverse perspectives to our community and workplaces. A marginalized group is a group or community discriminated against and excluded from mainstream social, economic, educational, political and/or cultural life. What Are Marginalized Groups?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

” Notion replied: “Could you let us know where you’re messaging us to address this?” Read more on TechCrunch: TikTok emerges as a political battleground in Navalny-stirred Russia. In a reply, Name.com said it was “working with the owners of this domain to address this issue as quickly as possible.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Green and Kirschner saw how social media was driving new sources of revenue for organizations like sports teams, politics and consumer brands, but needed a way for real-time distribution of media to be easily shared. “You can go in and search for my name and Devin Booker’s and see photos of us playing together.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We need to get more people to know us,” says Liziane. “At Shannon Courtney is an intern with the YLAI Network team, as well as a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in political science and double minoring in Spanish and global studies at UCLA. At the stage that we are in now, it is not a matter of just investing more.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

He views them as critical political tasks contributing to economic growth, competitiveness, business performance, and workplace productivity. PM Chinh emphasized the government’s full support for startups and innovation projects.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Theodora Lau, the founder of Unconventional Ventures, said she believes more venture investors should take political stances on issues. Access to healthcare is a right; it’s not politics,” she said. These are existential issues that should concern all of us, regardless of our role.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

This is why we’re thrilled that Arianna Simpson, general partner at a16z, will join us for a fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. She earned dual degrees in International Politics and Spanish from the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. We want to know why.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2020

While it is inarguably the case that 2020 was a terrible year with a global pandemic, racial strife and ugly politics in the US, and an economic downturn that is impacting exactly the people who have already been hurt the most, it was an inflection point for the tech/startup/VC/crypto sectors and a very significant one.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

And when we look deeper we see amazing transformations taking place all around us. “There are huge challenges facing our civilization, to be sure, and challenges to entrepreneurship as well,” he wrote. “But as entrepreneurs, broken things present opportunities.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 24, 2020

An angel investor was ready to make us an offer. What led us to such an unusual conclusion? Don’t raise money before product/market fit I thought money would accelerate our path towards finding our business model, but it only created a distraction, and ultimately led us to waste money on things we didn’t need to even think about.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

And from the political realms, read this Buzzfeed News story on India and its tech ecosystem, this piece on what’s happening with Alibaba , and, finally, this entry discussing the growing divide between the American business and regressive politics. Tiger Global is making a wave of bets on Indian startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Over the past eight years, the political and economic challenges faced by the country have led to its recent adoption of the U.S. We also already have exclusivity with 60% of the food delivery marketplace, which has enabled us to build a moat around the market. dollar, Zavarce said.

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Continuations

AUGUST 19, 2022

That has us now caught in a low energy trap. What does having a lot more energy let us do? This is entirely a question of political will. He also proposes one historic escape mechanism from such a collapse: a big energy unlock. It is extraordinary to see energy prices spiking in many parts of the world at the same time.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2023

With a net worth of approximately US$42.3 Despite ByteDance ‘s impressive financial performance, generating revenue exceeding US$80 billion in 2022 with a notable increase of over 30%, challenges persist for its flagship product TikTok, particularly in the United States.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A generalist at heart, he holds degrees in economics and political science. Reflecting on the global impact of our novel mathematical approaches and our company invigorates us. Starting from scratch, it took considerable time to cultivate a network beneficial not just for us but also for our associates. This was very insightful.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Joe Biden has been proclaimed the winner in the 2020 presidential election, and now with that behind us, we turn our attention to what that means for us as citizens and as business owners in this country in these most challenging times. And number three, how will new taxes really impact us in our businesses?

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

With the rise of economic and some political uncertainties and volatilities of the local currencies, the cost of international trade went drastically up to include all cross-currency exchange and hedging costs. First, demand for our solution is enormous, and we are trying to cope with scale and required trade liquidity.

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