Year: 2021

But if everybody is doing the same thing, your only chance to compete is finding (and betting on) talent significantly before everybody else. Way before it emerges.

“Twist charges 9c a base pair for DNA, a nearly 10x decrease from the industry standard 10y ago. As a customer, you can visit the Twist website, upload a spreadsheet with the DNA sequence that you want, select a quantity and pay for it with a credit card.”
https://t.co/tudRkYjmqz

“Digital customer acquisition costs—which include Google and Facebook ads, paid search and content creation—are up nearly 50% over the past five years, according to ProfitWell
…
Stores are like an inexpensive billboard”

https://t.co/E6lo2qFgba

“Some angel investors, who invest their own money without a firm, are spreading their wings and evolving into solo venture capitalists, who invest external funds…Elad Gil, a prominent solo VC, made around 20 investments in 1H2021, raising a $620m fund.” https://t.co/StIzwjvZVT

“Seed-stage valuations today are close to where series A valuations (of older companies that may already be generating revenue) were a decade ago. The average seed valuation for an American startup in 2021 is $3.3m, more than 5x what it was in 2010” https://t.co/StIzwjvZVT https://t.co/3U2Anhp6Ty

“So far this year almost $600bn has been deployed in deals—10x the level of a decade ago.
…
What once was an American affair is now a global one, with 51% of deals by value in 2021 happening outside America.”

https://t.co/JvQltUVAKK

“deals led or solely struck by private-equity shops, hedge funds and others that used to conduct little venture activity are on track to nearly double from $144bn in 2020 to $260bn this year.”

https://t.co/StIzwjvZVT https://t.co/ATh7dMq0Q5

In 2008, I started translating virtualization[.]info in Japanese for the business audience that was reading from Japan. I found an exceptional partner in @moritacocoa and Networld Corp. Today, I’m considering translating my personal website in Chinese. It seems a daunting task.

$120B in spending for 2022, 20% growth from last year.

Imagine a future where #AI can generate these hypercasual games. Initially, we’d see oversaturation. Then, hypercustomization: “Hey Siri, today I want to play a game with huge animated chess pieces.”

https://t.co/hDHcgA2rxx

*yes, I can’t get over the fact that we never had a -proper- remake of Battle Chess in 30 years