When the Dam Breaks on Tech Deals w/ Tho...

We ask the co-CEO of Gryphon Investors how he foresaw one of the harshest cycles in the industry’s history and when he thinks it may finally break. 

The question for investors is not whether AI will boom or bust, but who may be unwittingly subsidizing the buildout. 

Bain’s leading macroeconomic expert examines the cracks beneath the surface of the US market and how investors should prepare for post-globalization realities. 

<p>It’s understandable that, amid a flurry of pitch meetings and rejections, founders might find themselves mystified about what venture capital investors want. However, according to Bessemer Venture Partners operating partner Jeff Epstein, it’s actually very simple: They want to ... Show More

It’s the season finale of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch and the final chance for one more round of entrepreneurs to secure life-changing investments from our board. As always, entrepreneurs have 60 seconds to pitch their big ideas. If our board of investors likes what they hear, th ... Show More

Peter Lynch taught us to buy what we know. Can successful investing be that simple? And if we know and love the companies we own, how should we go about selling them? How are we supposed to remember why we bought these stocks in the first place? All this and more in month's mailb ... Show More

After a year of smooth sailing for US stocks, the word of 2025 has been “dispersion.” How can investors take advantage of this more complicated environment? Brian Garrett, head of the equity execution team on the Cross Asset Sales desk in Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, d ... Show More

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<p>Devin Redmond is with Stessa, a new property management software startup based in the San Francisco Bay area. On today's show we are talking about some of the limitations of many of the established applications in the market and how a bigger picture can help investors manage t ... Show More

<p>SPACs - special-purpose acquisition companies - are the latest rage in finance. They are firms designed to help another go public by going around the traditional IPO process to raise funding, and The Wall Street Journal estimates that so far this year, five new SPACs are forme ... Show More

It wasn’t very long ago that venture capital was so free-flowing it seemed as if any entrepreneur with a half-decent idea could raise an initial round of financing. Those halcyon days are clearly now past us, with inflation, rising interest rates, and slowing economic growth (or ... Show More

Many companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence right now, hoping to improve both efficiency and innovation. But, as with any technology that sees widespread adoption, AI itself won't be enough to build a long-term advantage over competitors, says Jay Barney, prof ... Show More

<p><b>Introducing Brian Scanlon</b></p><p>Brian Scanlon is the managing partner at Deal Gen Partners, a deal-generation service sourcing deals for Private Equity Funds and Strategic Acquirers. Currently, DealGen Partners manages $2.7B in buy-side mandate and has generated over $9 ... Show More