Posts by Tom White

Six Dating Analogies to Demystify the Startup Hiring Process

How to Raise a Seed Round amidst Economic Collapse and a Global Pandemic

On Microsoft in the Nineties and Timeless Lessons from the Dot-com Bubble

The Future State of Startups according to a Tenured Operator & Investor

On startup creation and investor interest in a down market

Nikita Bier is the Gen-Z Whisperer

On the Dyson Sphere, Customer Discovery, and the Two Variables of Founders

The FTX Fiasco has the Feds Fuming

Or: Direct Transfers and Forward Contracts and Equity-linked Financing Notes, Oh My!

The Opportunity Cost of Being an Entrepreneur and How to Hedge your Risk

Episode #22 | Investing via Gen Z Interests & Adapting to Fast-Changing Times

Examining Q4 2022 and Projecting to Q1 2023

The Definitive Ranking of the 150 Most Active & Influential Angel Investors of 2022

Episode #21 | On Founding a Company, Becoming Homeless, and Breaking into VC

Five Tested Tactics to Turn “Maybe” into “Yes”

Episode #20 | On Showing Grit, Finding Innovation Avenues, and Investing for Tomorrow

Three Signals that Early-stage Angel Investors Can Use to Invest in More Unicorns

Chatting with Composer COO & Co-Founder Ananda Aisola about their recent Customer Round

Episode #19 | Automating Growth, Building with Community, and the Need for Grit

A Deep Dive into Africa’s Startup Ecosystem and Fundraising Landscape with Ajim Capital Founding Partner Eunice Ajim

Or: The Reports of Crypto's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Fund of Fund Manager Ben Ehrlich Shares His Framework for Assessing VCs

Five Lessons Founders can learn from legendary horror Producer Jason Blum

Vibecap GP Dave Goldblatt Explains Why Decentralization Really Matters

How COVID Paved the Way for Venture’s New Era

On the Power of Emotive Marketing and Neumann’s Second Act

Episode #18 | On the Rise of the Solo Investor and the Relationship between Team & TAM

Serial Founder Nick DeWilde’s Six Traits that Distinguish Expert Generalists from Novices

A Deep Dive into Southeast Asia’s Startup Ecosystem and Fundraising Landscape with Veteran Operator and Investor Viktor Kyosev

Super-Angel Sam Huleatt on Being the Most Helpful Investor Around

Episode #17 | From AngelList to Angel Investing

A Founder’s Guide to Captivating VCs through Word and Phrase

Five Phrases to Never Say during a VC Pitch

No Gas, Big Problems | The ETH Merge Cometh | Bessemer Gets Big

Episode #16 | Capital and People in Crypto Investing & Focusing on the Fringe.

JPoww in Jackson Hole | Porsche Zooms towards IPO | GoPuff's Pumping Up its Cash Reserves

On Investor Interest in Troubling Times

Or: It’s Time to B̶u̶i̶l̶d̶ Invest!

Due to the seemingly inevitable march of globalization, our world is more interconnected today than it ever was before. Ironically, despite this growing overlap, inter-regional correlation rarely follows. That is, startup and venture capital conditions in one market seldom (if ever) correlate directly to the conditions in another. A wide variety of factors — whether currencies, climates, commerce, or disparate socioeconomic conditions — generate a myriad of diverse environments for local startups and investors.