Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures bonded with Trevor O'Brien in prison. The pair, Suster was quick to clarify, were on site at a correctional facility in 2016 to teach inmates about entrepreneurship as part of a workshop hosted by Defy Ventures, a…
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Farhad Manjoo
– May 22, 12:00 PM
To live in California at this time is to experience every day the cryptic phrase that George W. Bush once used to describe the invasion of Iraq: “Catastrophic success.” The economy here is booming, but no one feels especially good…
We are delighted to announce Fika Ventures II, a $76M fund, a little over 2 years after we launched our first fund. We set out to build a unique brand of service that focuses on driving value for founders from day one, and are deeply grateful that…
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Alan Rappeport
– May 22, 1:13 PM
WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman — former slave, abolitionist, “conductor” on the Underground Railroad — will not become the face of the $20 bill until after President Trump leaves office, Treasury Secretary Steven…
