Influence Archive
Archives for August 2018
A new breed of entrepreneurs is creating huge consumer brands — like MVMT and Tuft & Needle — without venture capital, and laughing all the way to the bank.
Haystack founder Semil Shah says his number-one piece of advice is “come bearing gifts.”
The tech responsibility conversation heads to late-night cable.
One of his pupils was mocked for saying he wanted his company to make the world a better place; Gil’s advice? “Find better friends.”
Digiday Editor in Chief Brian Morrissey says publishers were naïve if they didn’t think Facebook would eventually put its own interests above theirs.
On NYTimes.com: Let me answer the question many are thinking: Is he crazy?
Not only are the Saudis a viable pool of cash for cash-seekers, they are building considerable leverage in Silicon Valley deal-making.
He says Saudi Arabia has been interested in funding his take-private transaction. That’s different.
News cycles come and go, but data is forever.
Tesla stock jumped to a high of $371 after Musk tweeted he was considering taking the company private at $420 a share.
Index Ventures is quietly encroaching on the top tier of American investors. Here are five questions with them.
$2 trillion, though, will be tricky.