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businessinsider.com - Melia Russell - What 'Ted Lasso' gets wrong about venture capital
What 'Ted Lasso' gets wrong about venture capital
Insider

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for season three of Apple TV+' hit show 'Ted Lasso.' Keeley (Juno Temple) starts her own PR agency with funding from an elite venture capital firm. Her investor ends up pulling funding and shutting down the agency…

coindesk.com - Ian Allison - Curve Finance CEO Egorov Sued by Three DeFi-Focused Venture Capital Firms
Curve Finance CEO Egorov Sued by Three DeFi-Focused Venture Capital Firms
CoinDesk

Michael Egorov, the CEO of decentralized finance (DeFi) firm Curve Finance, is being sued for fraud by venture capital firms ParaFi Capital, Framework Ventures and 1kx in the U.S. A complaint filed in the Superior Court of California, San…

wsj.com - Yuliya Chernova - More Startups Throw in the Towel, Unable to Raise Money for Their Ideas
More Startups Throw in the Towel, Unable to Raise Money for Their Ideas
Wall Street Journal

The pace of startup shutdowns, fire sales and sharp business-strategy changes is picking up. Fresh capital from venture investors and bank loans is scarce and expensive. Going public is near impossible. Some business models that worked when cash…

ft.com - Hilary Allen - Congress should stop trying to make crypto happen
Congress should stop trying to make crypto happen
Financial Times

Republican proposal for new legislation would legitimise the digital asset industry and undermine investor protection Receive free Cryptocurrencies updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Cryptocurrencies news every…

reuters.com - Edward Chancellor - Breakingviews - Lessons from the original Industrial Revolution
Breakingviews - Lessons from the original Industrial Revolution
Reuters

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - There is much excited chatter that automation will unleash a Fourth Industrial Revolution, building on earlier upheavals caused by the arrival of steam power, electricity, and semiconductors. Yet in Britain…

ft.com - Benjamin Parkin - Chinese-linked businesses and investors seek comeback in India
Chinese-linked businesses and investors seek comeback in India
Financial Times

Fashion brand Shein, maker of mobile game ‘BGMI' and venture capital find ways back into world's most populous market Receive free Indian business & finance updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Indian…

ft.com - Andrew Jack - Students manage funds to learn on the job
Students manage funds to learn on the job
Financial Times

Funds with a particular focus on social impact have grown significantly in recent years Receive free Masters in Finance updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Masters in Finance news every morning. Shivi Sharma, a…

venturebeat.com - Matt Marshall - Sierra Ventures' Tim Guleri on generative AI: 'I've never been as excited and as scared in my 20 years of doing VC'
Sierra Ventures' Tim Guleri on generative AI: 'I've never been as excited and as scared in my 20 years of doing VC'
VentureBeat

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Tim Guleri, a venture capitalist at Silicon Valley firm Sierra Ventures, has witnessed numerous technology…

businessinsider.com - Nathan Rennolds - 10 Things in Tech: French Gigafactory, Tesla's bioweapon defense mode
10 Things in Tech: French Gigafactory, Tesla's bioweapon defense mode
Insider

Hello again, readers. Nathan Rennolds, an associate editor in London, here. Earlier this week, Google told staff that it was ramping up its back-to-the-office push, warning that office attendance would be factored into employee performance reviews.

fortune.com - Casey Bond - Capital One Venture X rewards card review: Earn a whopping 10X miles on hotels and rental cars
Capital One Venture X rewards card review: Earn a whopping 10X miles on hotels and rental cars
Fortune

Why we like this card: Frequent travelers who don't want to pay the $500+ annual fee that comes with competitors' luxury travel cards will appreciate the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card for its generous rewards structure and valuable…

axios.com - Dan Primack - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum launches longshot presidential bid
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum launches longshot presidential bid
Axios

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum this week said he'll seek the Republican Party's presidential nomination, first via a Wall Street Journal op-ed and then at a Wednesday event in Fargo. The big picture: Yesterday we discussed how some venture…

foxnews.com - Caroline Thayer - Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher lead stars jumping on AI wagon with reported million-dollar investments
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher lead stars jumping on AI wagon with reported million-dollar investments
Fox News

With big bank accounts, celebrities have begun to invest money in companies using artificial intelligence, predominately startups. Within the past few years, 'The Wolf of Wall Street' actor Leonardo DiCaprio and 'Iron Man' himself, Robert Downey…

ft.com - Ryan McMorrow - Neil Shen goes it alone in China after Sequoia split
Neil Shen goes it alone in China after Sequoia split
Financial Times

Billionaire founder takes on challenge after break-up of partnership with US We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Neil Shen news every morning. As Beijing was bearing down on its technology industry, banning lucrative…

ft.com - Sinead O'Sullivan - Slaying space zombies
Slaying space zombies
Financial Times

The facts and fiction of final-frontier finance Receive free Space industry updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Space industry news every morning. Sinéad O'Sullivan is a former Senior Researcher at Harvard…

fortune.com - Kera DeMars - She's seen thousands of pitch decks. Here are the 5 mistakes founders should avoid
She's seen thousands of pitch decks. Here are the 5 mistakes founders should avoid
Fortune

Times are hard for startups trying to raise funding right now. They can be even tougher if founders don't have a good pitch deck. Kera DeMars, head of marketing at pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund Hustle Fund, guest writes today's Term Sheet to…

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