That Was The Week #40

What is the alternative to an open approach where everybody can post without fear of being "edited"? It can only be that some people designate themselves as more capable of truth than others and impose that truth on everybody. Such a 'benevolent', big brother, brave new world, approach goes against any sense of freedom and democracy.

That Was The Week #39

Who stands for progress any more and human agency of the way to achieve it? Not the House Democrats it would seem.

https://thatwastheweek.com/anti-trust-can-we-trust-government/

That Was The Week #38

The US and China are heavily interconnected economies. Their future is together in a connected world. TikTok is a false signal of the future.

That Was The Week #37

This week Chamath Palihapitiya announced that he has 3 more SPACs set up and ready to go. These SPACs are vehicles to enable a company to go public, and get cash, without an IPO. Instead of gifting cash to the friends of Morgan Stanley this method gifts cash to Chamath and his friends.

That Was The Week #36

It seems as if the going is getting too tough for some of Apple's former friends, especially MG Siegler. While Fred Wilson, never really a friend, is pleading on behalf of his portfolio for Apple to stop being so....well, capitalist.

That Was The Week #35

The war between Apple and the advertising-led platforms is a war between business models. On the one hand, clickbait and ad revenue and on the other subscription and pay as you go.

That Was The Week #34

The anti big-tech stance of DC is a replacement for any genuinely innovative or progressive outlook from either of the main political parties. Shame on both of their houses.

A very public fight between two Venture Capital titans over how a company should go to the public markets. Andreessen tells Gurley to SPAC Off!

We live in strange times. Apple's stock valued the company at over $2 Trillion this week. A reason to celebrate you might think. A company created, famously, in a garage by 2 young men, has grown to be a world leader. But in today's world it appears that big is bad.

Elizabeth Yin is a founder at Hustle VC. 2 years ago she and her partners closed the first fund for the firm. This week she pointed to the story of how they did it. Anybody raising funds - whether for a startup or to become an investor should read it.