Happy Saturday… This week JC Parets joins me for a second time on the ‘Panic’ Podcast and we take a deep dive on the markets. I love looking at charts but few read them better and with more enthusiasm than JC. You can listen to the episode here on Spotify or Apple. If you want …

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While on vacation this week I was putting in some serous rides on the hills in Tuscany. I have been preparing for an eight day ride with friends in the Dolomites this September. If you love cycling – and I do – this ride in the Dolomites we are doing is supposed to be one …

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My partner Tom and I invested $100,000 out of our first $6 million Social Leverage fund in the seed round of Robinhood back in 2013. Charlie found this quote from me from an interview after the seed round in 2013… In an age when people are attached to their phones, it is a natural fit …

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I was texting back and forth with my son Max about stress this morning this as he gets ready for a big year and has some summer school finals right now. I luckily have been there and done that so I try and pass on those exact feelings I shared. I am a PRO at …

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What a mess for those that are focused on emerging markets. This one chart speaks volumes: This emerging market ETF is 35 percent China and 15 percent Taiwan but most other emerging markets are weak as well. As JC pointed out on the charts, this is the lower closes for the index relative to the …

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Happy Monday everyone. I took the day off yesterday in the spirit of summer. Xenia took Ellen and I to Forte Dei Marmi which is one of my favorite places on earth for food, weather, people watching and beauty. I shared some pictures on Twitter and Instagram. Ellen and I missed our summer in Italy …

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I am really glad Fred wrote this post. Better the diplomat covers this topic than me. The gist… Over the last 18 months, the early-stage financing market has seen dramatic changes characterized by these three things: A shift from in-person fundraising to virtual fundraising A reduction in financing process timelines from months to weeks A …

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I am going to break down some thoughts on the state of the Venture market over the next few days. Let’s start with Capital… IT IS EVERYWHERE as my friend Justin points out: I was very lucky/smart to go full-time venture investing with my firm Social Leverage back in 2013. Take a look at these …

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I am really excited to share this ‘Panic’ podcast with Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of the crypto currency exchange FTX. Listen right now here on Megaphone. I recorded it last month, but it is an evergreen conversation about entrepreneurship, domain experience, product, crypto, trading and growth. Sam and FTX are doing it all …

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Congrats to the Milwaukee Bucks on having a GREAT team and winning the NBA Championship. Onwards… I am over in Europe for the first time in a while (that COVID thingy) and as always, I assume everything that works for me in the USA will seamlessly work for me while I travel abroad. At 10 …

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