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Why We Urgently Need a Female Elon Musk

By Myk Klemme · Mar 11, 2024 5:00pm PDT
In some ways, it was a fabulous week for women. An overwhelmingly female team of journalists at the New York Times were jointly awarded a Pulitzer Prize for exposing serial harassers like Harvey Weinstein. A team at the Washington Post, again dominated by women, won another Pulitzer for their investigation into Roy Moore. But it was also a very... In some ways, it was a fabulous week for women. An overwhelmingly female team of journalists at...
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By sam lessin · Apr 21, 2021 8:18pm PDT
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Bitcoin, Unicorns and Why All Bubbles Aren’t Created Equal

By Jessica Lessin · Mar 29, 2018 11:30am PDT
The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the world was abuzz with conversations about whether bubbles were bursting—or not.Against this sudsy backdrop, I reached out to Bill Janeway, who has been studying bubbles as an economist and growth equity investor. Joining Warburg Pincus in the late... The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the...
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Bitcoin, Unicorns and Why All Bubbles Aren’t Created Equal 2
By Jessica Lessin · Feb 21, 2018 11:17am PST
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Bitcoin, Unicorns and Why All Bubbles Aren’t Created Equal 2

By Jessica Lessin · Feb 21, 2018 11:17am PST
The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the world was abuzz with conversations about whether bubbles were bursting—or not.Against this sudsy backdrop, I reached out to Bill Janeway, who has been studying bubbles as an economist and growth equity investor. Joining Warburg Pincus in the late... The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the...
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Bitcoin, Unicorns and Why All Bubbles Aren’t Created Equal 1

By Jessica Lessin · Feb 21, 2018 10:51am PST
The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the world was abuzz with conversations about whether bubbles were bursting—or not.Against this sudsy backdrop, I reached out to Bill Janeway, who has been studying bubbles as an economist and growth equity investor. Joining Warburg Pincus in the late... The “B” word returned this week. The stock market swooned. Bitcoin tanked. And the...
Subscriber Summit Test
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Subscriber Summit Test

By Jessica Lessin · Aug 18, 2015 9:01pm PDT
What is a Subscriber Summit, you ask? It’s simple. It’s a one-day annual meeting of The Information subscribers for The Information subscribers.These days too many tech events ask you to spend thousands of dollars for content and networking designed to drive soundbites and headlines.Instead, we want to gather you awesome people who... What is a Subscriber Summit, you ask? It’s simple. It’s a one-day annual meeting of...
Three Signs the Optimism is (Slowly) Ending
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Three Signs the Optimism is (Slowly) Ending

By Jessica Lessin · Jul 27, 2015 2:18pm PDT
Something changed this week. Last week, after on-demand cleaning company Homejoy announced it was shutting down, my phone was going off with emails and texts predicting more failures on the horizon. “This is only the beginning,” one VC told me. Concern about unsustainable expectations—and margins—is nothing new... Something changed this week. Last week, after on-demand cleaning company Homejoy announced...
Lonely with the Apple Watch
By Jessica Lessin · Jul 21, 2015 11:12am PDT
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Lonely with the Apple Watch

By Jessica Lessin · Jul 21, 2015 11:12am PDT
I’ve begun to notice something odd about the Apple Watch: I don’t see many early adopters wearing it.Now, before you Apple fanboys and girls accuse me of being a hater, consider this. I own and am a fan of the Watch. (I like the notifications.) But unlike other Apple products, which spread through Silicon Valley circles as fast as... I’ve begun to notice something odd about the Apple Watch: I don’t see many early...