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Breaking Into A New Market? 5 Practical Tips For Non-US Startups To Su...

In 20+ years in Silicon Valley I have both seen, advised and sometimes dissuaded foreign entrepreneurs about coming to the US....
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In the Long Run Long-Term Government Bonds Are Safe, But We Are a Long...

Earlier in the year the Swiss National Bank, Switzerland’s central bank, released its latest report. While reading the news covering the...
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First Institutional Raise – Single Investor Or Syndicate?

In a recent conversation with a young woman founder, I was asked whether founders should raise their first institutional round from...
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3 Best Portfolio Construction Techniques you need to know in 2023

3 Best Portfolio Construction Techniques you need to know in 2023

2022 was an unprecedented year in the investing landscape, with record losses across stocks and bonds. US equities posted a loss...
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Demystifying CeFi and DeFi

DeFi vs CeFi: these terms seem a bit complex, but in practice, they are things that apparently already existed, at least...
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Patients, Not Patents, Will Shape Life Science

Why M&A strategy focusing on selling low-margin business inhibits innovation, lowers entry barriers, dilutes expertise, and weakens patient ties In the last...
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