Richard Branson is a marketing genius — and his spaceflight won the Internet Chatter about Virgin Galactic on Facebook shot up by 18 percent this past weekend. Christie Smythe 7.12.21 5:00 PM
This week in Business Twitter: AngelList’s Deal Partners, the benefits of angel investing, and why VCs prefer lower returns AngelList’s newest feature allows investors to add partners to funds. Meanwhile, the head of Bloomberg Beta shares his philosophy on investing in startups with lower returns. Ivan De Luce 7.9.21 6:00 PM
I'm a pilot and engineer building a startup network of cargo-delivering drones Manal Habib is a Moroccan aerospace engineer building a startup disrupting the logistics sector by flooding it with highly futuristic cargo drones. Stav Dimitropoulos 7.6.21 6:38 PM
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Hindenburg Research CEO Nathan Anderson skewers SPACs — and welcomes r/WallStreetBets' scorn Nikola, Clover Health, DraftKings and Lordstown Motors have all been targets of the company’s scathing reports. Christie Smythe 6.30.21 6:53 PM
This week in Business Twitter: Thiel’s $5 billion Roth IRA, Pomp’s advice on tax loopholes, and the Confluent IPO Billionaire investor Peter Thiel’s massive stash in a Roth IRA made waves across Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, firms like Benchmark and Index Ventures won big in Confluent’s public debut. Ivan De Luce 6.25.21 7:00 PM