Disrupting P&G and poppin' the bubbly
Hi there,
Well - that was quick.
There are now more WhatsApp messages sent per day than SMS messages.
After WhatsApp's $19 billion acquisition, investors continue to plow money into mobile messaging. The
WhatsApp Effect resulted in $1.4 billion flowing into into mobile messaging last year.
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Hi Procter & Gamble - even you're not safe
We've been talking a lot about how startups are
disrupting banks and
logistics and other non-tech companies. Today, we look at
the startups disrupting the brands of consumer-packaged goods behemoth P&G.
Search 85,000 Board of Director Relationships
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Ten signs we're in a bubble
We get a lot of media questions about whether we're in a bubble. Often those calls come after folks see something ridiculous said or happen.
Here's 10 examples.
Angels getting crowded out by Micro-VCs?
Interesting to see the % of tech deals that angels participated in drop in 2014. Is the explosion in
micro-VCs coming at the expense of angels?
Best,
Anand
@asanwal
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