Archive: Spotify

Data Is Eating the World

By Vin Narayanan on March 23, 2022

For more than 10 years, “software is eating the world” has been an article of faith among startup investors. Marc Andreessen — co-founder of both Netscape and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) — wrote these famous words in a blog post in August 2011. And his thesis was pretty simple. My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic…
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8tracks, Unable to Generate Enough Revenue, Shuts Down

By Andy Gordon on January 2, 2020

8tracks, the music-streaming service that facilitates crowd-curated playlists, has shut down. Here’s why.

How to Ignite Capital Growth in 2020 (Not Through IPOs)

By Andy Gordon on December 11, 2019

Direct listings minimize risk for startup investors and help them cash out faster. But they also come with a downside. Fortunately, that may change in 2020.
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How Many Startup Investments Are Enough?

By Adam Sharp on September 3, 2019

Peter Thiel is one of the best startup investors of all time. But he’s wrong about one important aspect of startup investing.
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When Facebook announced its Libra cryptocurrency, everyone started to freak out about Facebook taking over the world. In reality, it’s getting help from some friends.

News Fix: Google and Facebook Up Their Blockchain Game

By Vin Narayanan on February 9, 2019

In this week’s News Fix, an Arizona county prosecutor has charged a cancer patient for a medical marijuana technicality, and Google and Facebook are stepping up their blockchain game.
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Airdrop Alert: POP Network

By Andy Gordon on January 22, 2019

This week’s airdrop aims to put media back in the hands of consumers and content creators.
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Pre-IPO Fund #1 Update

By Adam Sharp on October 25, 2016

Dear Startup Investor, We’d like to provide you with an update on the companies from our first pre-IPO fund in 2014. Some of these companies may be targeted in our new pre-IPO fund, which is still open for investment. If you haven’t reviewed this opportunity yet, you can do…