A younger version of me and a younger version of this Youtube channel started this series called Startup Funding Explained. We went through a theoretical company’s story while analyzing how the cap table evolved through various rounds of funding. …

“Shit, this is a big problem,” Jason Goldberg wrote in a letter to company executives. His unicorn had run away and was heading directly towards a cliff. But he was no rookie. In fact, he was an accomplished entrepreneur. By 2013, when he sent the letter, his creations included…

The legend goes that Masayoshi Son wanted to fund the future’s ideas, so he created a $30 BN dollar fund. That’s right, $30 BN. But just before he met with potential investors, he fiddled with the slides and changed the amount. The fund wouldn’t be $30 BN. …

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a financial institution over forty years old. It has been one of the backbones of startup funding in Silicon Valley, having funded or been part of funding more than 30,000 startups in Silicon Valley. At its peak, in 2016, it was the biggest bank in…

Recessions are a part of our economic system. Still, we need to remember the past and the lessons it can provide whenever they happen. The world navigated an economic blunder in 2022, and life became much more expensive. Let’s use New York City as an example. For decades, the Big…

And how it could kill live music. People love concerts. Nielsen estimates that 33 million attend at least one show in the US per year, and music fans know that the hype doesn’t start with the music but much before. It starts months or even years before bands announce their…

The pandemic brought a new kind of tourist to Costa Rica, an already important destination for tourists worldwide, but there’s a problem. The country wasn’t ready. …