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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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What Everyone Should Take Away from Twitter’s 8% Staff Reductions

Both Sides of the Table

You can read it in VCs discussions about hedge fund managers, activist investors or the need to have dual-share voting structures. ” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? What is your realistic assessment of current strength if you went into a fund raising round right now? What is your cash balance?

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. In fact, if you add the capital flows of the past ten years, there have been just shy of $50 billion in net cash outlays.

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Every Dollar Spent At A Startup Should Yield A Return

InfoChachkie

A mistaken assumption can result in a crash landing, and the pilot’s grieving family on the 11:00 news. If there happens to be a gas station along the way where you can fill up for a reasonable price, great. Future funding should be discretionary to propel prospective growth, not a matter of survival. Living Below Your Means.

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Report: The Bay Area Isn’t Bleeding Tech Workers After All

Tech.Co

You’d be forgiven, then, for assuming the city is seeing a net loss of tech workers. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn. After, it’s a balancing act for many in the industry, who rely on the same location that’s pricing them out. ” But Who’s Leaving? .”

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Overall, he remains optimistic towards Bitcoin prices and cues the Dogecoin community’s phrase “to the moon! The ultimate plan?

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Bio Roundup: Clinical Shirkers, AMD Worriers, ASH Fallers & More

Xconomy

Our previous roundup came out last week before news broke that Susan Lindquist, a highly decorated and thoughtful researcher into the inner workings of proteins, passed away. But a new poll this week shows support has dropped sharply since the summer as drug companies have poured near-record amounts into an anti-61 campaign.