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Don’t bring venture capital to a knife fight

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Thu, 18/04/2024 - 22:34

Why you can’t build another Apple with VC bucks.

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Bank Shot

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Wed, 15/03/2023 - 18:00

Bad news! Money is no longer free.

Where Do Unicorns Come From? Reflexive Expectations in Innovation Financing

https://economicsociology.org/2022/11/17/where-do-unicorns-come-from-reflexive-…

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Fri, 18/11/2022 - 03:28

by Kean Birch* Unicorns are private companies valued at over US$1 billion. The term was first used by venture capitalist Aileen Lee in 2013 and has since become a cultural trope of its own. According to the business analytics firm CB Insights, there were close to 1,000 unicorns in the world at the end of […]