Midas Oracle .ORG » funding http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 China’s ghost cities are still being developed. — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:25:00 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=26822

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/feed/ 0 Steve Blank: Of course, we are in a bubble, but it’s not a bad thing. — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/08/steve-blank-on-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/08/steve-blank-on-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:01:46 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=25137 Steve Blank on the democratization of entrepreneurship:

http://steveblank.com/

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/08/steve-blank-on-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship/feed/ 0 Why accountants don’t run start-ups — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/05/13/steve-blank-why-accountants-dont-run-start-ups/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/05/13/steve-blank-why-accountants-dont-run-start-ups/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 14:16:42 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24611 I just love the title of this talk:

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/05/13/steve-blank-why-accountants-dont-run-start-ups/feed/ 0 Bloomberg Game Changers: Marc Andreessen — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/22/bloomberg-game-changers-marc-andreessen-video/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/22/bloomberg-game-changers-marc-andreessen-video/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:24:22 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=23878

[Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/22/bloomberg-game-changers-marc-andreessen-video/feed/ 0 Paul Graham: Startups use technology to make technology. — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/09/paul-graham-startups-use-technology-to-make-technology-video/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/09/paul-graham-startups-use-technology-to-make-technology-video/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:03:04 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=23622 Bloomberg TV.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/09/paul-graham-startups-use-technology-to-make-technology-video/feed/ 0 Ron Conway, the one and only – [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/25/ron-conway-super-angel-investor/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/25/ron-conway-super-angel-investor/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:46:07 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22905

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/25/ron-conway-super-angel-investor/feed/ 0 Did KickStarter just killed the angel investors? http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/17/kickstarter-angel-investors-business-angels-funding-funders-capital/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/17/kickstarter-angel-investors-business-angels-funding-funders-capital/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:18:01 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22413 Sounds like you don’t need business angels anymore.

KickStarter.

UPDATE.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/17/kickstarter-angel-investors-business-angels-funding-funders-capital/feed/ 0 Peter Thiel: Funding intensive technologies means accepting weird, strange, and singular, ideas. – [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/10/peter-thiel-weird-strange/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/10/peter-thiel-weird-strange/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:52:34 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22242 This is an addendum to my yesterday’s post on the “Audacious Optimism” event.

His (excellent) point on weirdness is 2:50 into.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/10/peter-thiel-weird-strange/feed/ 0 Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and all the “Giving Pledge” billionaires, should rather do what Peter Thiel does –go investing their cash and/or (liquidated) fortune in futuristic projects. – [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/09/peter-thiel-the-thiel-foundation-audacious-optimism-singularity-video/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/09/peter-thiel-the-thiel-foundation-audacious-optimism-singularity-video/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:12:39 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22190 Continue reading →]]> This morning, I wrote that I disaprove Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge operation, because I rather favor billionaires investing in young startups lead by visionaries. Well, just after the publication of that post, I stumbled on the “Audacious Optimism” event, which satisfies my request.

The Thiel Foundation is encouraging philanthropists to donate more money to scientific pursuits that could lead to big breakthroughs in medicine, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology, among other fields.

Note that Peter Thiel draws a distinction between ‘extensive’ technologies, which “take things that are working and replicate them”, and ‘intensive’ technologies, which try to “take the things that are best in the world and make them qualitatively and dramatically better”.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/09/peter-thiel-the-thiel-foundation-audacious-optimism-singularity-video/feed/ 0 How to fund your startup? –> seed-stage capital http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/03/03/rightside-capital-management-seed-stage-capital/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/03/03/rightside-capital-management-seed-stage-capital/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:32:33 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=20514 RightSide Capital Management will make 100-200 investments per year.

Via Daniel Horowitz

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