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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or worse yet they may never get financed. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. That asset class need not represent the broader market. Have a cushion.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. ” (Warren Buffett).

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The entire fintech industry is not in distress – here’s who is hiring

TechCrunch

In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs. Setpoint is hiring 5 roles in sales, finance, operations, and engineering. With so many fintechs laying off staff , it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. But that’s not the case.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

TechCrunch

The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. Interswitch, for instance, was founded in 2002, which doesn’t necessarily make it a startup despite still being private.

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The Book that Reveals 10 Steps to Solving Any Complex Problem

Entrepreneurs' Organization

” Once they identified the steps, they started using the formula with senior leaders from across the Fortune 500, governments, and not-for-profit organizations in 2002. In this way, they collectively progress from debate and story-telling around issues and opportunities, to ideas and finally to answers.

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Jedox raises over $100M to expand its financial modeling and analytics software to more verticals

TechCrunch

Today, a company that is providing the platform to do that is announcing a significant fundraise to tap into that opportunity. Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. Expanding beyond their original verticals “is what everyone in enterprise is doing right now.”

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