by James Evenson | May 7, 2021 | Investing, The Global Investor Newsletter, The Global Investor Podcast, Uncategorized
Issue 21.5, Auckland, 7 May 2021 Larry Scharf’s fascination with precious metals began when he was five years old. By the time he was a teenager, he began studying history through numismatics. That led to studying finance and how financial markets work. Who...
by James Evenson | May 3, 2021 | Investing, The Global Investor Newsletter, Uncategorized
Issue 21.4, Auckland, 3 May 2021 SAFE notes or Simple Agreement for Future Equity have quickly become the instrument of choice for early stage funding since this was first made popular by Y Combinator in 2013.On a practical level, SAFEs address a familiar problem...
by James Evenson | Apr 27, 2021 | Investing, The Global Investor Newsletter, The Global Investor Podcast, Uncategorized
Issue 21.3, Auckland, 27 April 2021 LeVar Fraiser founded his first business in 1997. He successfully exited that venture to start several multi-million dollar enterprises. Now in his mid-40s, LeVar is semi-retired. Semi-retired is rather common for people in...
by James Evenson | Apr 26, 2021 | Investing, The Global Investor Newsletter, Uncategorized
Issue 21.2, Auckland, 19 April 2021 We are currently underwriting a film project from a production team called FilmCube. The referral came from an Obris members who invested in their previous project. That member made a significant return on his investment last year...
by Mark Moline | Oct 6, 2016 | Abundance, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Technology, Venture Capital
Today we finish our series of conversations with Skinner Layne, and ask the question: Where will the first trillion dollar startup come from? If you have not already, I suggest listening to the second interviews first, as this final podcast builds on the ones before...