This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc. You see sustainability of farms as a key attribute in The Bouqs or Green & Blacks chocolate. Curation There are really multiple forms of “curation” that I think can build sustainable differentiation in products vs. the retailer that is selling them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In a study conducted by Cambridge Associates, researchers found that the real failure rate hasn’t gone above 60% since 2001. Another common challenge startups face is simply running out of cash—or not knowing how to sustain a cash flow that will support growth. Shannon Burns is the community manager at Tommy John , a menswear brand.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Amid the remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks this past weekend, much was made of the voluminous 9/11 Commission report, which described in excruciating detail countless ways in which the United States homeland security and emergency response infrastructure failed to respond adequately to a disaster of unprecedented proportions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Whether we will see as dramatic a correction in the next few years as we did in 2001 to 2003, however, is anyone’s guess.”. “If Lerner said this point in time feels like the period between March and December 2000, “when public technology stock prices dropped dramatically and there was little apparent impact on venture capital fundraising.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

He wanted to help all the oppressed runners of the world, to bring them into the light, enfold them in a community.” Nike was born out of the tight runners’ community and started by addressing the needs of these early adopters. That was no longer enough to sustain me, or my company. Johnson had been drenched by many a Pepsi.

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