The early results are proving interesting with the following really close matchups:
Walmart vs Starbucks
Slack vs Verizon
Uber vs American Express
Intel vs Palantir
Vote in round 1 by November 19th here. And don’t forget to submit your bracket by then for a chance to win a drone. The winner will be the first person to submit the bracket closest to the final results.
This was an obvious move for the office rental company.
In talking with our sources, we have heard WeWork is also looking at:
Raising a billion dollars for an M&A rollup of miniature golf courses
A hostile takeover of Chuck E. Cheese’s
2018 game changers
We just released our 70-page Game Changers 2018 report, which looks at emerging trends to watch and high-momentum startups with world-changing potential.
We dive into 10 sectors and 30 companies, ranging from startups focused on engineering organs and creating lab-grown animal products to developing processing units for AI applications and automating construction.
It’s a jaw-dropping list of founders, savvy CEOs, and trend-setting investors. They’re driving the future in retail, mobility, health, social media, and more.
Buy your tickets today. Only 37 left. Should be sold out by Thanksgiving.
We analyzed 21 of the biggest VC hits of all time — all of which are in the top 35 venture exits of all time — to learn more about what those home runs have in common.
Some takeaways:
WhatsApp decided early on to work only with a single investor, Sequoia Capital, which invested a total of $60M into the company for a massive $3B return.
Facebook’s exponential growth resulted in huge successes for early investors like Accel Partners.
Groupon pivoted from a social activism platform to a local deals aggregator, and generated huge returns for co-founder, chairman, and biggest shareholder Eric Lefkofsky.
