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Investors in the Hotseat

Investors in the Hotseat

Image by Lutz Krüger from Pixabay

Since we’re in the last throes of summer and many investors unplug at this time – not all, mind you, but this is the last hoorah of summer, so not the best time to send out that pitch deck, unless you happen to know the investor or someone in the fund. Then you’re more likely to get a response, which will most likely be, “looks interesting. Let’s revisit this after Labor Day.”

Been there, done that and tis the season.

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The Demise of Tech’s Boy Band Founders

The Demise of Tech’s Boy Band Founders

Photo by Mubariz Mehdizadeh on Unsplash

We also like to call them the Boys of Summer – those unicorn tech super founders, that is.

As the New York Times noted, The Boy Bosses of Silicon Valley Are on Their Way Out, dismounting their unicorns and heading for the hills, with their largesse in tow and never mind the layoffs and loss of shareholder value that they’ve left in their wake.

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