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The Blockchain Wars: How Startups And Enterprises Are Competing To Create The Web 2.0
Ethereum is another blockchain that is getting a lot of attention, not just as a blockchain, but also as the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, with a value that is edging up towards the billion dollar mark.
Peter Thiel
Blockchain Tackling Insurance Woes
Blockchain technology can be applied to a range of industries, from time stamping to registering land ownership. The insurance industry has been taking note of the technology, with the insurance giant Lloyds recently providing a risk report on the currency behind the technology, bitcoin. Now bleeding edge technology companies are applying the immutable ledger to insuring physical assets.
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Jon Matonis: "VCs are not interested in a blockchain without bitcoin"
We're pleased to have Jon Matonis on this week. Jon is Founding Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, was CEO of Hushmail and a FX Dealer at VISA. He's a columnist at Forbes. Host is Paul Buitink. Co-hosts are Spanish economist Felix Moreno and Coindesk/Cointelegraph journalist
Important Financial Indicators for Startups at Every Stage of Growth
Learning to read financial documents is one thing, but learning to use themas tools to guide the business and ultimately communicate clearly to 100+ investors has shown me just how nuanced our non-GAAP startup companies can be. In this post I’ll walk through the three phases of financial indicators in startups, and point out some common misunderstandings. I hope this will help founders and investors clarify what they mean when they talk about money, and I’ve used my company’s financials to give you real examples.
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Oh the irony. lmao
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I work in my sleep now. I fall asleep most nights writing and rewriting opening lines and first paragraphs in my head. And every morning before I wake, I am somehow still writing sentences in my head, twisted into my sheets while comparing arguments and searching for counter-arguments that could [...]
