John Cowan
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Startup founder | Investor | Technologist | At the forefront of Venture Capital 2.0
Raleigh, NC
Joined March 2009
Bridge to Nowhere: How the Seed-Stage Loop Exposes Venture Capital’s Structural Crisis https://t.co/OS6HLojoLq
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Seed-stage startups are increasingly stuck in funding limbo, with record bridge rounds replacing Series A progression. This isn’t a founder failure—it’s part of the systemic breakdown in venture...
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Take the emotion out of allocating stock to startup founders... Assessing Startup Stock Allocation https://t.co/HXombOoA2J
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Beyond Accounting: Why Venture Studios Must Separate Financial Oversight from Investment Strategy https://t.co/kXQXZZPMQ0
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This article highlights the importance of independent CFO oversight in venture studios to prevent conflicts of interest and proposes a governance framework for Venture Studio Operators
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Alternative Financing Strategies for Venture Studio Managers: Analyzing Safer Returns https://t.co/cMWyiOK3G4
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Analysis: Wefunder's New Hybrid Investment Instrument https://t.co/uAwu6EyryS
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Geographic Alpha: Using Spatial Arbitrage to Optimize Venture Studio Strategy https://t.co/hnEOsmPqyS
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: A Constructive Critique of Time Dislocation Theory in Venture Capital https://t.co/k0kdPDiBkf via @LinkedIn
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In Scott Hartley's analysis of venture capital, he advances a narrative that has been spun consistently among fund managers who have raised new fund vintages before 2022: venture capital's current...
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Hopefully this will be the final straw and we can gut this @MapleLeafs roster to rebuild it… hurry up and put us out our misery. #BOSvsTOR
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Happy Saturday! In the latest edition of my newsletter Venture Capital 2.0 I detail how I'm using the 'Safer' to help founders raise capital and keep control over their company.... Enjoy! And please subscribe! https://t.co/ALH2Z8ZRSy
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Venture Capital is controlled by a handful of firms - the Power Law Cartel - and the failure of their Unicorn investment strategy exposes both problems and opportunities for the industry. If you like my latest research, please subscribe and share! :) https://t.co/Jo1PunVyhE
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Venture Capital is controlled by a handful of firms - the Power Law Cartel - and the failure of their Unicorn investment strategy exposes both problems and opportunities for the industry.
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Amidst the volatile venture capital landscape, @Brex is confronting significant challenges. Read my latest analysis here: https://t.co/xUTVKGXxIE Join the conversation on #Brex, #VentureCapital, #FintechTrends, #StartupGrowth, #FinancialInnovation, and #MarketDynamics.
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Good morning, co-conspirators! I launched https://t.co/Dz8oGN4qrG a few weeks ago and the engagement has been awesome. The site is a completely unfiltered take on #VentureCapital and #startups. Drop by and subscribe to get my latest research and analysis in your inbox!
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A timely post by my colleague @BradKirby8. I’ve been involved in the the DLT/Crypto/Web3 space as an investor as well as an innovator long enough to be considered old. Many of my ilk see the monetary authorities and the regulators arriving to the party… https://t.co/4b06VRAU2r
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A timely post by my colleague Brad Kirby, CPA, CA. I’ve been involved in the the DLT/Crypto/Web3 space as an investor as well as an innovator long enough to be considered old. Many of my ilk see the...
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Corey Then from Circle is absolutely owning the legacy banking hegemony represented on the Stablecoin panel Digital Assets at Duke. Here is the analogy of the day: Throwing in the towel on digital currency because today you can't pay for your grocerie… https://t.co/e1C94WxdsF
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Corey Then from Circle is absolutely owning the legacy banking hegemony represented on the Stablecoin panel Digital Assets at Duke. Here is the analogy of the day: Throwing in the towel on digital...
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I'm at the Digital Assets at Duke conference today, which is taking on the topic of regulations and risks for the crypto market. As an early proponent and inventor in the programmable currency and Web3 space I've had a front the evolution of the industr… https://t.co/s80T5ZCr3i
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I'm at the Digital Assets at Duke conference today, which is taking on the topic of regulations and risks for the crypto market. As an early proponent and inventor in the programmable currency and...
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Is “IM Platform Sprawl”an analyst term yet? If not consider it coined here first. The deluge of communications technology has officially over rotated on the perceived need to disrupt email and is threatening to undermine the utility of purpose. #imsprawl #communication
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Sequoia Capital, in an obvious stare down with its LPs after being completely exposed as insiders to the FTX grift, has officially blinked. In a ho-him just-another-day-at-the-office Friday afternoon press release, they announced they are cutting their f… https://t.co/vELvOor0pr
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Sequoia Capital, in an obvious stare down with its LPs after being completely exposed as insiders to the FTX grift, has officially blinked. In a ho-hum just-another-day-at-the-office Friday afternoon...
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