Defund Police / Abolish Police ?
After the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police, there have been protests all over the world. One of the themes coming out of these decentralized protests, is a call to action to defund...
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Insights from the SOHN Conference
I attended the virtual SOHN Conference, which was focused on the healthcare space, there were 200+ people in attendance. Having seen this tweet by Josh Wolfe at Lux, one of the event organizers, I was...
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VC SPACs
2020 has been the year of SPACs led by Venture Capitalists (VC) firms and individuals. Some people have compared SPACs to ICOs, in terms of hype and also potential outcome (ICOs flared up with a lot...
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How To Help In Georgia Runoff
Who: you and Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock What: Runoff for two seats in the U.S. Senate When: January 5, 2021 is the final day of voting. Last day to register to vote is December 7, 2020....
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Startup growth by state and region
Given covid-19, we have been pushed to WFH environment for people in the startup world. The longer we stay in WFH, people are either contemplating about moving or have already moved to other regions....
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10 years in NYC
On Jan 4, 2021, I will be celebrating 10 years of being in NYC, so I guess that makes me a real New Yorker finally. Here is a post on why I moved to this great city. I still vividly remember the day...
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Miami Airbnb Vrbo Short Term Rental
If you are looking for short term rental, at least two stay minimum, please reach out to me at goldman dot shai at gmail dot com. Please provide specific dates that you are seeking. The unit is at...
View ArticleBrex
It’s official , I have joined Brex! I’ve been sitting on this news for two months now, so it feels great to share it with you. I enjoyed my time off, it was much needed as I needed to recharge given...
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NFT, online offline
Several tweets today stuck out to me and they all involved taking NFTs from online to offline. I have actually been thinking about this for the past week I was listening to the NFT Community show on...
View Article2021, the year of many firsts
2021 ended up being a good year for me and the family, experienced a lot of firsts. It was challenging in many ways as well but wanted to document some of the positives. First major road trip with the...
View ArticleWhere the puck is going
There is a famous quote “Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” In terms of early stage startup activity , I wanted to take a look at which geographies in the United States...
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Seed / Series A deal volume : 2023 vs prior years
I pulled up 2023 deal volume via Pitchbook for all Seed and Series A rounds for US based startups, was curious to see how 2023 went from a pacing perspective vs prior years. 4,668 companies raised a...
View Article2009 vs 2024, some similarities
The period of 2023-2024 bears notable similarities to 2008-2009, particularly in terms of layoffs, down markets, and the emergence of new technologies. Let’s explore these parallels in more detail....
View ArticleThe Next Fintech Mafias
The startup mafia that came out from Paypal has been well documented. I was curious to take a look at the privately held fintech startups and analyzing who might be next Paypal mafia based on startups...
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