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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
I’m forty-five years old at the time I’m writing this and I plan on doing five more years of angel investing—I’m on a ten-year plan. Another two hundred bets and I’m done—then it’s your turn. By the time I’m done with my ten-year plan, I will have invested in 350 startups and my goal is to return $250 million on $25 million deployed—I’m exactly hal
... See moreJason Calacanis • Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
“500 of the right people”—Sean
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Building & Investing in Marketplaces
joincolossus.comTHE POWER LAW OF VENTURE CAPITAL
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Only 38 percent of companies in the random group had engineering defensibility, a statistic that shows an increased likelihood of success when there’s engineering complexity. Engineering alone, however, is often not enough. Many companies coupled engineering defensibility with other types of moats. About 28 percent of the billion-dollar startups ha
... See moreAli Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
kulesa.substack.com • Tyler Cowen is the best curator of talent in the world
In my study, I found Elad Gil to be one of the most successful angel investors. He has made investments in twenty-four billion-dollar companies—including Airbnb, Airtable, Brex, Coinbase, Gusto, Instacart, Opendoor, Pinterest, Stripe, Square, and Wish—most in the seed or series A stage. Before