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Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, rises $100M on a $640M valuation

Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, rises $100M on a $640M valuation

Purchase now and pay later Consumers increasingly turned to alternatives to credit to delay paying for purchases in full, and providers like Affirm, Klarna, Afterpay,…
Decoupling tech supply chains would do more harm than good

Decoupling tech supply chains would do more harm than good

The quest for US-China “decoupling” poses an unavoidable danger to a technological sector that would rather focus on growth than geopolitics. The ambiguity of the…
What is the board’s role in an early-stage startup?

What is the board’s role in an early-stage startup?

What is the role of the board of directors in an early-stage startup? Startup founders regularly ask me about the responsibilities of a board of…
What you should know about prepping your startup for the public markets

What you should know about prepping your startup for the public markets

The last four quarters have seen a flurry of technology IPOs. If you go back to Q4 2020, we have seen a slew of megawatt…
What Rent the Runway’s IPO filing says about the business of loaner garments

What Rent the Runway’s IPO filing says about the business of loaner garments

The Q4 IPO season is now well and truly underway, which is great news for everyone. New S-1 paperwork from Udemy, Rent the Runway, and…
Advantages of a Flexible Budget

Advantages of a Flexible Budget

A flexible budget is a budget that is mostly used as a static budget and basically changes with changes in the volume or activity held…
Loss Ratio

Loss Ratio

The loss ratio is a percentage representation of the ratio of losses paid out to premiums generated in the insurance sector. It’s the inverse of…
Battery Chemistry Company Sila’s founder Gene Berdichevsky on the science of scaling up

Battery Chemistry Company Sila’s founder Gene Berdichevsky on the science of scaling up

Gene Berdichevsky was the seventh employee at Tesla Motors when he co-founded and became the CEO of the battery chemistry startup Sila Nano. Berdichevsky was…
A founder’s guide to effectively managing your options pool

A founder’s guide to effectively managing your options pool

Cash is king, according to an old startup cliché. I am not sure that is still true. Options are more precious than cash in today’s…
Causes of Oral Communication Failure

Causes of Oral Communication Failure

Oral communication is the best mode of communication for all purposes, but it can fail for a variety of reasons. It is the most natural…
Types of Flexible Budget

Types of Flexible Budget

A flexible budget is one that adjusts or flexes in response to changes in volume or activity. A flexible budget is more advanced and useful…
Jaguar Ventures roars into its next phase with the name change, new fund

Jaguar Ventures roars into its next phase with the name change, new fund

Jaguar Ventures a Mexican firm that invests in early-stage entrepreneurs rebranded as Wolof and plans to raise $100 million in its third fund in the…
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