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Andreessen Horowitz Returns Slip, According to Internal Data

By Zoë Bernard · Sept. 16, 2019 7:02 AM PDT · 6 comments

One of Silicon Valley's best-known venture firms, Andreessen Horowitz, saw its performance slip significantly after the blockbuster results of its initial fund, internal data show, illustrating just how cutthroat venture capital has become as even big names struggle to deliver outsized returns. The funds the firm raised in 2010 and... One of Silicon Valley's best-known venture firms, Andreessen Horowitz, saw its performance...

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The People With Power at Amazon

By Priya Anand · Dec. 4, 2017 7:00 AM PST · 7 comments

As Amazon.com has diversified into everything from cloud services to movie production, its management team has remained remarkably stable. About a dozen of CEO Jeff Bezos’ top lieutenants have remained by his side for at least the last decade, and many for longer. That continuity has helped the company grow into new business areas. ... As Amazon.com has diversified into everything from cloud services to movie production, its...

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Be Like Thiel: How Affluent Tech Workers Mimic the Tax Tricks of the Mega-Rich

By Sarah Krouse · Sept. 1, 2021 6:01 AM PDT · 6 comments

Billionaire Peter Thiel turned heads when it was revealed that he had used a retirement account intended for the middle class to shelter some $5 billion in savings that grew from his investments in PayPal shares purchased at a discount. But similar tax-sheltering techniques have become commonplace among a less rarefied group of Silicon Valley... Billionaire Peter Thiel turned heads when it was revealed that he had used a retirement account...

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The University of Indecision: For Some High School Seniors, TikTok Is the New College Counselor

By Margaux MacColl · May 7, 2022 7:00 AM PDT

It was almost May 1-–the ominously named Decision Day when high school seniors across the U.S. must commit to a college—and undecided teenagers were getting desperate. After touring campuses, studying college websites and asking their families for advice, there was only one option left: making a TikTok. “Everyone comment I have... It was almost May 1-–the ominously named Decision Day when high school seniors across the...

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Crypto’s CSI: How Molly White Became an ‘Absolute Nightmare’ for Web3 Evangelists

By Zoe Bernard · April 29, 2022 2:00 PM PDT · 22 comments

Over the course of one week in April, Molly White’s internet crime blotter Web3 Is Going Just Great documented 15 crypto-related offenses, each of which alone would hobble—or at least humiliate—most other industries. The malfeasance included a $182 million hack on the decentralized finance project Beanstalk; a $650,000 phishing... Over the course of one week in April, Molly White’s internet crime blotter Web3 Is Going...

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Netflix Is Now Just Another TV Firm in Wall Street’s Eyes

By Martin Peers · April 20, 2022 5:03 PM PDT · 1 comment

What goes around, comes around. Netflix’s stunning 35% collapse on the stock market today should be a lesson to investors in all high-flying companies (I’m thinking of you, Tesla shareholders). The same investors who rush in helter-skelter while a business is expanding, happily paying any price, rush right back out again as soon as growth comes... What goes around, comes around. Netflix’s stunning 35% collapse on the stock market today should...

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