Author: Jason D. Rowley
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Brexit: History, Market Failure & Science Threat
The late-breaking news on Thursday night that the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union left global markets rattled and many scratching their heads. As John Goodman points out in his history of referenda for Atlas Obscura the UK overwhelmingly voted to stay in the European Community (the EU’s predecessor) in 1975. Obviously, much…
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Notes on Twilio, Line And The Open (?) Window
After several quarters of disappointing news from public tech companies (primarily those affiliated with Jack Dorsey, but I digress) and story after story about private tech companies’ reluctance to go public, Twilio may have blown open the tech IPO window on Thursday. Making its debut on the NYSE under symbol TWLO, at the price of…
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3 Places To Start Learning About Marketplace Businesses
Earlier this week I published “A Beginner’s Guide to VC” on the Mattermark blog. There were a number of people who reached out to ask me to add more resources explaining certain business verticals. There is no possible way I could fit them all into that one post, and, so, I decided to make lists…
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Questions for Blockchain Experts
Here are a sample of questions I’d ask any blockchain expert today…