personal perspectives on tech, venture and startups
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 that are led by ex-employees of the companies below. To qualify for this list, you need to be a … Continue reading →
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. Layoffs 2008-2009: The Great Recession was marked by widespread layoffs across various industries, particularly in finance, real estate, and manufacturing. Companies were forced to downsize…
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 Seed or Series A round in 2023. As expected it was down from the COVID / ZIRP era of 2020 … Continue reading →
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 were getting the most traction from an early stage venture capital deployment perspective. We know that … Continue reading →
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 family (NJ to FL, over 3 days) First time visiting Richmond VA and Savannah GA (stops … Continue reading →
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 Upstream, the hosts are Alex Taub and Drew Austin, they were talking about NBA Top Shot, which are … Continue reading →
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 the covid world we live in now and all the challenges around that. Was … Continue reading →
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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 (Jan 4 2011) we landed here on a very cold and windy … Continue reading →
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. I was interested to comparing various states and regions from today to ten years ago, as a way to think about … Continue reading →