Midas Touch Analysis

June 8, 2017 Notes

who is world's most successful angel investor?
  • Andy Bechtolsheim
  • $100K becomes $1.7 Billion
  • 17,000 times over
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Forbes.com: Midas List, Top Tech Investors
  • Shervin Pishevar, Peter Thiel
    • A computer predicted the success of etsy, spotify and other major startups 8 years ago, and it's just generated a new list
  • Quid's new noodle: one of best performing funds of the last 2 decades

    • March 8, 2018 Notes

    Singerman's System
    • Health: Collective health, Counsyl, Stemcentrx, Oscar
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    March 18, 2019 Notes

    Forbes Interview
    • Jim Breyer
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    Where to put my money 2018
    • Jim Breyer
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    Jason Calacanis and Peter Thiel
    • Contrarian and true
    • Founders Fund: 2007
    • IT: '75-'80
    • Biotech, transport: '20-'25
    • Fund 5: 10+ years
    • momentum= not good
    • biggest miss: Series B at Facebook
    • trends= overrated; buzzwords
    • Mobile platforms for Saas enterprise to big data in the cloud= proliferation of buzzwords
    • Google: page rank algorithm, machine-powered search
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