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- When will the unicorn bubble pop? Given WeWork's failure to ipo and the numbers unicorn start ups that have yet to be profitable, I can't help but feel that we are in a bubble funded by angel investors trying to pump their chosen start ups past it's competition. Is this sustainable? When do you foresee this bubble bursting? And how
- Bond keep going down in 2022? Vanguard total bond etf has been -3% YTD. With interest rate going up in 2022, is it almost for sure bond will keep going down? Usually there is a strong inverse correlation between interest rate and bond price. Did I miss anything? I'm a boglehead style investor and a good percentage of my portfol
- Angel investing: LLC vs s/c corp? Question to other angel investors .. do you care if the start-up is LLC or s/c corp ? LLC seems unappealing due to k1 tax filing and it doesn't seem like they're attractive for VC funding .. for context, 5 year+ investment horizon with target of acquisition rather than IPO. Thanks for your insights
- link Affectiva Acquistion So this startup in Boston, Affectiva got acquired recently for $73.5M Does anyone know how much did employees and CEO ended up making? I know there were investors also invested in the company so they would have taken a lion share too. https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2
- How should Alphabet be broken up? With anti-trust lawsuits by states and FTC turning up the heat, this seems likely. How should it be broken up? Separate companies: Google (the primary ads and search business) Cloud YouTube Waymo Verily Moonshot Investment teams (GV and Capital G) An argument can be made that spinning off each
- link 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' breaks down why a coronavirus-led depression is inevitable — and shares 3 safe investments Kiyosaki warned that investors were "being set up" and that he "wouldn't touch mutual funds, ETFs, and stocks." Today, he's positioning his capital as far away from Wall Street as possible. "We were prepared for it," he said. "It's gold, silver, and bitcoin. The reason is your off the central bank
- vote Series A startup offer Got an offer from a series A enterprise startup. They are valued at $85M and raised $15M as part of series A. They had raised $3M as part of their seed. Less than 10 employees currently. First time entrepreneurs. Grade 1 investors. Base: 185k Equity: 0.8% options Sign-on: TBD Current TC - 270k Yoe
- Capitalism to feudalism? May be feudalism is not the right word, but the issue I'm concerned about is this new trend of founders keeping total control of their companies with very little, if any, say for investors. I generally disliked the trend of so called "activist" investors (more like vulture capitalists), who would ra
- What funding route to take for my startup? Launched my startup 4 months ago and we've been growing pretty fast. Product is also at a great stage with very happy customers, so it feels like the perfect time to raise a round and scale things. I'm considering a few options: 1. Do an equity crowdfunding campaign. I did one last year which resul
- How to invest money in the USA? Indian techie who started earning in $s a couple years back. Have zero clue about financial planning other than maxing out 401k. How do I save tax and invest? Looking for liquid investments only (don’t know how long I am gonna stay in US). Low risk appetite. Options seem like: High Yield Savings (h
- working on my startup while in an internship for FANG I’ll be doing an internship for FANG but st the same time i’ll be working on my startup during the weekends and time off. Is it going to give me troubles? How much can i talk about this inside my company? There are 2 angel investors in my company that might be interested, how risky would it be to
- vote Microsoft vs Startup startup gives higher base and stocks, but stocks are practically of no value till the company goes public. or maybe i could sell them to some investor while the startup raises more funds. The idea sounds good but is hardware based so business might grow real slow. Also lots of competitors popping u
- Netflix stock 50% up in 3 weeks Why is Netflix stock so popular among institutional investors? Why it keeps going up so much even though it doesn't give back dividends, can't afford buyback and just boast about users? Even though they have positive cash flow they just have 10 to 15% profit margin? Can they ever get to 50% profi
- vote Did you really believe in Cathie Wood? I personally know people who said that they were into ARK Invest just because they were investing on Cathie Wood. I don’t know how my Buffet-believer friends started simping so hard for Cathie Wood in 2021. Her ETF approach is definitely not the buy-and-hold. Followed by her over-confident take of
- Why primary home isn’t an investment ? I have heard a lot of investors saying that “your primary home isn’t an investment “. Because primary house moves money out of your pocket until you sell it, there’s no guarantee that the price will be higher than what you paid for, even after selling with a profit you still need a place to live, s
- Any founder/VCs in Mumbai want to meet over coffee? I am in Mumbai for some time and I would be down to get to know the ecosystem here. I work out of Meta HQ (mpk, in tech) and here on a break. What are some hot problems right now in the market, and how raising money works locally. We can potentially explore collaboration, or just develop a valuabl
- vote Coinbase IPO - 100 billion dollar valuation ? What do you all think about this article which says coinbase could hit 100 billion on ipo https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2021/01/29/coinbase-investors-say-it-could-hit-100-billion-valuation-when-it-goes-public/?sh=4ad4962b5b50 I think it could happen as the timing is perfect for them. 1.
- Any active equity investors here who want to start own private chat group? Need serious investors only - minimum 50k in individual stocks/ equity (index funds are fine but would love discussions on certain stocks). We could start a chat group here, or on Slack. DM me with personal email IDs if youre serious with a screenshot of your investments - ill add mine too. Add yo
- Can you be a cofounder of a startup whilst still working at Amazon or Google? Currently working at #amazon (negotiating with #google so may move there shortly) and working on a #startup nearing completion of our technical MVP. We have strong investors lined up when we are ready with the technical MVP so looking positive. I am wondering if I can be a cofounder when we inco
- link Take action and donate to ACLU, your company can match! The ACLU are fighting for our freedom and liberties. Many tech investors are matching donations on Twitter to ACLU (@tfadell, @dhof, @jackantonoff, and @sacca, @sia) and many Tech Companies like Microsoft Apple Nvidia (and others please mention in comments if your company matches donations so i can
- Bitcoin / Crypto-currency is a massive bubble - Discuss Let me explain. Short and sweet, I’m a financial advisor (< 1 year). Since last fall I’ve had to basically study finance from the ground up and learn about the history of the stock market. It’s been difficult, but it led me to having this theory about crypto (it’s a giant bubble). So why do I thi
- Looking for technical coFounder (mobile App) Will get right to the point, im a pm and ive spent the past 5mths completing the UI framework and mock demo of an app idea as impactful as Airbnb (TAM ~$14Bn) I have several top sandhill investors lined up but need a technical cofounder to lead the App development. I like to move fast and am based i
- institutions pressing down the stock price so they can profit more? I got some tips from a few bros within my company a few stocks up-rated and are going to go up, but after I bought them, these stocks actually went down a lot...😭 one reason is that the border market is down today...another reason is that some institutions wanted to buy in so they first press down
- vote Are tech companies in a bubble? Stocks has been going up 2-10x for most of the tech companies over past couple of years. Is this a bubble where people dont understand AI/ML/Cloud/Blockchain the way they didnt understand Internet back in 2000? It seem to me that any company that is investing in ML and Cloud is booming. Do investor
- vote Aurora or Argo? Help me choose So I’m interviewing at both Argo and Aurora for a System Engineering position. Both have similar projects in L4 autonomous trucking. Argo - tie ups with Ford, VW and L4 trucking. Pre IPO, supposedly will go public “next year”. Seems to be more Silicon Valley types with a lot of missing processes un
- vote Snapchat employees. what will you do with your stock after holding period expires? with the stock tanking, do you plan on getting out of the stock asap when the holding period expires, or will you hold on hoping for a rise? there are currently 200 million shares available to trade. On July 31, early investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners will be able to sell up to 400 m
- Airbnb Will Never Go Public I'm convinced Airbnb will never actually go public. They said they won't this year, despite having been "2 years from an IPO" for the last three years and fired the CTO who was supposed to take them public, so they aren't in any rush to IPO. But why woul they ever? Companies go public maybe for two
- Entrepreneur tips ! Any books to read? And tutorials? Have 0 prior mgmt/startup experience. For now, I’ll build the web3 project that I have in mind as a side gig. Once ready I may take it to investors. I think it would take at least 1 year from now. On the side I also want to build up my entrepreneurial and leaders
- Blockchain gaming Blockchain gaming is on fire. More and more gaming studios are exploring the space. EA CEO says NFTs and blockchain games are the "future of our industry", Zynga hires a VP of blockchain gaming, etc. From an investment perspective, there is enormous potential. There will be a lot more Axie Infiniti
- Do startup generally have limited benefits I was part of the mass layoff at Better and I’m use to startups offering a plethora of amazing benefits but I realize that 1. When I joined Better in 2020, it was kinda no longer a startup and 2. They had a ton of investors…so I’m starting at a small start up now that offers the minimum. Is this sta
- Has Wallstreetbets pulled off a massive pump and dump? I know.. I know.. HODL and stick to the hedge funds etc., but I have a sneaky feeling that a couple of individuals banded together and greatly hyped up GME to get retail investors to pump money into the stocks.. my suspicion stems from my observation that there was a massive increase in the number o
- Anyone here increased their net worth from $1mm to $5mm? How long did it take and what was your approach? As an accredited investor a lot more opportunities open up. Did you take advantage of any of those? Currently at around $2mm in net worth and in mid 40s with wife and 2 kids. Most of the growth has been by using conservative approaches (saving, RE, i
- vote Inflation: Market Crash 2021 vote Govt and Fed seem to be complicit in all of this extraordinary inflation. When they couldn’t force people to overspend, they devalued what was remaining in the people’s pocket. As the prices continue to rise, it will reduce consumer spending. People wont be able to afford houses, cars and other lux
- link Looks like the housing downturn has started or getting there . Interest rates are going up two more times this year. That will only make things worse. In SoCal, which is a predictor for rest of the country in the past, sales are crashing. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/24/southern-california-home-sales-crash-a-warning-sign-to-the-nation.html And now the Chines
- Financial Advisors: are they worth it ? I am not active investors. Just do the bare minimums and maximize on my 401k and Roth. Have company RSUs that are adding up and trying to better manage my overall risk and also need to plan for retirement, passive income and kids education. What is the best way about doing all of this ? Should I h
- Bolt vs GoPuff So got an offer from both and I was gonna go with Bolt but now I just found out that Bolt has a revenue of only 40 million and their valuation is like 14b now so clearly theyre way way way overvalued and looks like there isn't much upside as they're going to have to work a lot to just to catch up to
- vote Is getting an interview from Tier 1/2 possible if I only have 3YOE at a 10 person company? I did not graduate CS but self taught trying to start up during and 1 year after college. after that, joined a 10 person company. it's not really a startup, no external investors, slow but steady growth. I hate the stack, codebase, practices, and company. I have 3YOE here. my dream companies would
- Looking for Investors Fellow techies. I have hardest time understanding how people find investors for a startup. I'm talking ground zero investments. I don't live in Silicon Valley and no one I know seems to have connections. Any advice for someone just starting out? Can't borrow money from family because I grew up in a
- vote Looking back on the 1990s-2001 internet bubble, who was the most to blame? Overview if you need it: Entrepreneurs created new internet companies and filed for stock IPOs despite little revenue and/or profits, investment banks endorsed and encouraged the IPOs, the SEC allowed the IPOs, the Nasdaq allowed and listed the stock, tech employees went to work for these places (m
- When will stock market crash Hey smart assez. I’m putting all my cash flow into stock market. And so far so good. Everything is going up. But I remember this feeling 3 years ago. It was the coin market bubble. I think we are at this phase where investors are pulling money from large cap to small cap stock. Just as 3 years ago p
- vote MSFT US or META UK w/sign-on I am leaving the Nordics and deciding between two offers: 1. stay in Europe, move for Meta to UK. ML E5 TC bit over $300k. Exciting role and op for impact. Top income tax close to 50p (yeah) and geopolitical outlook less than exciting. Reputation wise starting from scratch and probably first in li
- Stock buyback details For private companies that tend to push IPO as far as possible (because early investors and founders don't need IPO anymore to take money off the table...) it is fairly common for these unicorns to extend tender offers to their shareholders. I was interested into the technical details of these offe
- How many of you took paycut to work for a company that you enjoyed? I am working for a fang size company , fed up of workplace politics and favouritism in the team. I got an offer to work from a startup, startup team is great and manager is good. Work will be interesting. I will have to take a pay cut , startup founder said that they will give ESOP in mid of 2022 a
- Startup Company Structure Assume I have a genius idea for a startup. Something like Netflix if Netflix doesn't exist. I am working with one other person. I'll be the founder and he will be the first employee. Also assume that I will have a decent demo and very compelling pitch for investors in 6-12 months, at which point e
- Experienced/Interested on rental income? If you ever invested in real estate for rental incomes, could you please share your experience? - Did you manage the rental & maintenance yourself, or through third party? - Did you purchase the asset with down payment, or took standard 80% mortgage? - How much (%) annual return you got? Please ex
- yield curve lingo can someone explain this in non economics language ? is yield curve how much return we get on investment ? what is spread ? whats up with 2 yr and 10 ? Wall Street’s most widely watched gauge of the yield curve’s slope, the spread between the 2-year Treasury note yield and the 10-year inverted Wedn
- How to spot a startup winner 📈 Edited: I was hired pre series A. We scaled rapidly right into an exit to a FAANG company. Company was ~3 years old at the time of acquisition. 🚀Here is how to re-create this scenario and join a company that may actually reach a liquidation event, because if not, then why bother? ✅ 1. Look at th
- How can I decline hosting a team meet-up Relatively new in the team. We do a meet-up once in 2 weeks, and it's my turn this time. But the problem is my team doesn't know that I live in a house which costs $2.8M (in Austin TX), and I have a McLaren, which no one from my workplace knows, and this doesn't match my TC ($190K). Have always ke
- Stocks - Sell Winners, or Losers? Knowing when to sell harder than knowing when to buy. I have heard conventional wisdom which says sell winners, and buy more of losers, which would make sense if stocks are cyclical which they are not. I have also seen recently somewhere that selling winners too early is the main reason individual i
- On H1b, Extreme desire to become an entrepreneur Cannot focus on my job. Want to start something of my own. Have developed prototypes/MVPs in the past. But did not really follow up with contacting investors. Primarily because... On H1b. Long queue ahead to get permanent residency. And H1bs have been so messy in past couple of years. Anyone in th