For the past few years, we’ve heard the same criticism from institutional investors: Venture capital firms are too fast with their deployment of capital, often at the expense of diligence…
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Shortly after the final space-shuttle mission in 2012, an eccentric entrepreneur named Elon Musk appeared on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and made the case for exploring outer space. America was still…
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The increasing dependence on technology and interconnected infrastructure—spanning transportation, communication, energy, and more—has amplified the importance of cybersecurity in ensuring national security. We witnessed a prime example of this in…
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General Catalyst: There is a new world order defined by great power competition and increased nationalism that will require building more dynamic, resilient systems across our most critical industries, from…
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Since the Cold War, America's technological leadership has provided the U.S. military a qualitative advantage over its adversaries. That edge is now threatened by China's rapid development of technologies with…
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EXPENSIVE MILITARY HARDWARE LIKE a new tank undergoes rigorous testing before heading to the battlefield. A startup called Istari, backed by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and chair…
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Every startup leadership team wrestles with the trade-offs between growth and profitability. This is fitting and ever shall be. What teams don’t reflect on sufficiently is how a flawed compensation…
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Josh Wolfe arrived at a remote island in the Philippines by inflatable boat, surrounded by men with large guns. It was 2019 and the founding partner of the New York…
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Financial services remained the leading sector for venture investment in 2022 despite an overall pullback in venture funding and shockwaves in the crypto industry. And fintech is expected to remain strong in 2023,…
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The head of the nation’s top cybersecurity agency is warning that the current technology ecosystem, which underpins much of our lives, is at risk of being hacked by malicious actors.…
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