Casino Capitalism just managed to make the war in Ukraine much worse… On the 24th of February, as Russia invaded Ukraine (the sixth-largest exporter of wheat), millions of customers rushed to supermarkets in a bid to store grain-based products, expecting a massive shortage. At the same time, investors rushed to the wheat futures market to do… Continue reading Institutional Investors Are Betting On Mass Starvation
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Words were meant to be “seen”
The main reason your work gets ignored The year is 150,000 B.C. Humanity has not learned how to use a language yet. Our ancestors are suffering in agony from the lack of communication. Their minds are burning with all these ideas and images that are held hostage in their heads, doomed to never being shared, to… Continue reading Words were meant to be “seen”
STOP Burning Cash On Wrong Hires
Cash is the oxygen of startups. Most startups fail because they simply run out of money. Yet when it comes to the biggest source of cash burn(labor costs) most founders use “voodoo techniques” and gut instinct to make their hiring decisions. “According to studies we’ve done with our clients, the average hiring mistake costs 15x… Continue reading STOP Burning Cash On Wrong Hires
Either Space Solar Power or Extinction
It’s one minute to midnight on that doomsday clock – UK Prime Minister at COP26 The latest IPCC Assessment Report has sent shock waves across the media. Humanity is indeed on the precipice of mass suffering and extinction if we are not to put the breaks on our CO2 emissions. Reaching temperature rise of 1.5… Continue reading Either Space Solar Power or Extinction
Do not waste your life on bullsh*t startups
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE DO NOT WASTE YOUR LIFE ON MEANINGLESS STARTUPS!! Over the past couple of months, I was lucky enough to get the chance to screen 100s of startups that are trying to raise funds from VCs and despite having the privilege of meeting some of the brightest minds and getting… Continue reading Do not waste your life on bullsh*t startups
Chronicles of Baby VC: How modern VCs work
In the last article, we went through the history of Venture Capital, how it has been propelling human ingenuity and bold visions for centuries under different names, and when you might want to contact a VC. In this article we go more into details about how modern VC funds work. The same way ancient VCs… Continue reading Chronicles of Baby VC: How modern VCs work
What did Marco Polo, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs have in common? Their dreams were Venture Backed!
It is a story as old as time itself. An inventor comes up with a crazy idea that can change the world, they get ridiculed by their peers and traditional investors, yet through sheer perseverance and hard-work they turn their visions into reality and make the world a better place. However, this does not answer… Continue reading What did Marco Polo, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs have in common? Their dreams were Venture Backed!
The world through the eyes of baby VC: Intro
Wait a second! You are telling me that someone will pay me to be looking at new technologies and startups the whole day, trying to find the next big thing? No way!” – Me, couple of months ago probably It all started with the beginning of 2020. I can still remember that New Year’s Eve… Continue reading The world through the eyes of baby VC: Intro
Omar Hedeya 