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From far away, things that are very different look alike. I grew up in a family of musicians and English professors. To them, the entire financial industry seemed corrupt. When I worked in finance - first on Wall Street and then in venture capital - I saw that the reality was much more nuanced. Some [...]

It is common to hear entrepreneurs and investors talk about the high level of engagement (what we used to call "stickiness") of their website. They quite rightly believe that it’s better to have a more engaging user experience, as that generally means happy users. Unfortunately, the dominant advertising model on the web - Cost per [...]

If you want to start a company and are working on new ideas, here’s how I’ve always done it and how I recommend you do it. Be the opposite of secretive. Create a Google spreadsheet where you list every idea you can think, even really half-baked ones. Include ideas you hear about (make sure you [...]

Suppose there is a pre-profitable company that is raising venture financing. Simple, classical economic models would predict that although there might be multiple VCs interested in investing, at the end of the financing process the valuation will rise to the clearing price where the demand for the company’s stock equals the supply (amount being issued). Actual [...]

There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch said: "Google has devised a brilliant business model that avoids paying for news gathering yet profits off the search ads sold around that content." The reality is that news is a lousy business. Period. Even [...]