It’s a great list recognizing the top VCs in the game.
But after seeing a story about the Forbes 400 (the richest 400 folks in the world) and Wilbur Ross, I realized that we need to step up our game.
Because our rankings will not have arrived until truly successful people are lying to get on them.
A story in Forbes details the lengths that Ross, current US Secretary of Commerce, went to to get on the list. (See The Blurb).
It’s quite amazing how far a successful person like Ross went (excerpt below).
If there is any consolation to take from all of this, it is that the US Secretary of Commerce doesn’t take no for an answer and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. Yay.
Square away
Square reported its earnings today, highlighted by a 45% rise in adjusted revenue, reaching $257M vs the expected $244.9M. We also found a patent highlighting the company’s potential crowdfunding ambitions. The patent, titled “Mobile point-of-sale crowdfunding,” outlines a method for merchants to request crowdfunding from patrons.
Let’s say you find yourself on Mars and in need of a rocket. Tim Ellis thinks he’ll be able to help you out with that.
Ellis — a former staffer at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — co-founded Relativity Space with Jordan Noone, a former staffer at Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The pair plan to someday build rockets using 3D printers and no human labor.
Relativity Space thinks that its “Stargate” printer will get rockets down to 1,000 moving parts and a paltry $10M in launch costs, with no human intervention required.
Can they do it? Some smart people including Mark Cuban, Social Capital, and Y Combinator who’ve invested seem to think so.