Capitalism, Unicorns and SoftBank. The End? The Beginning?

Venture Trends Newsletter, Issue #19

This week’s venture trends includes conflicting evidence on many subjects: the end of big funds (SoftBank); the rise of big investments (Jio), the collapse of unicorns (Uber and WeWork), the rise of Unicorns (SMB companies worth more than $10 billion). The trends are clearly not clear. Makes you think :-).

This week includes content from Om Malik (3 pieces), Om is on a tear producing really excellent content, Albert Wenger, Niklas Zenströmm, Elad Gil, Josh Elman, The Hustle Fund, Fred Destin, and many more. The topics are the ones that dominated the week.

• The End of Capitalism — with Albert Wenger
• The Power of Capitalism and the Rise of Jio — Elad Gil and Wall Street Journal
• Unicorn Nonsense — by Om Malik
• Early interview with Paul Davison, New Unicorn? Clubhouse Voice App Founder — with Om Malik
• The Rise of SMB startups worth $10 billion plus — by Josh Elman
• An Interview with Niklas Zenströmm — by First Minute Capital
• Facebook to Screw Shopify? — by Om Malik
• What would the perfect VC do? — by Fred Destin

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I email the newsletter each weekend. There is little or no commentary included, it is the things I found compelling or interesting.