Earlier this week, Arteen Arabshahi at Fika Ventures released his Marketplace Calculator, which is a framework his firm uses to assess two/three sided businesses …
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The following article was originally published on Techcrunch on May 25, 2017.
Managed marketplaces (also known as end-to-end or full-stack marketplaces) have been one of the hottest categories of venture investment …
Read MoreThe following was co-authored by Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures(@ezramogee) and Samir Kaji (@samirkaji) of First Republic Bank.
Over the last several years …
Read MoreFred Wilson’s much debated post, Second and Third Tier Markets and Beyond, sparked an important discussion about operating and investing in businesses outside …
Read MoreOver the last several weeks, we’ve reached peak AI/Bot mania. Most of the conversation has centered around Chatbots and the potential emergence of …
Read MoreThe debate amongst venture capitalists over whether to prioritize markets or people in investment decision making is as old as …
Read MoreThe following article was originally published on TechCrunch on December 30, 2015 One of the great promises of the internet …
Read MoreThere's an old adage that if you want to get something done, find the busiest person you know to take on the task. David Hornik is the embodiment …
Read MoreFor the past couple of years, this blog has been about me and my journey at Chicago Ventures. But the truth is that almost …
Read MoreAs digital commerce has evolved over the past decade to penetrate nearly every element of our lives, one category has largely been left in the dust …
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, after an active conversation around one of our investments, I threw together the below e-mail to my team …
Read MoreIt’s hard to imagine much can be added to the discussion around marketplace theory and metrics. And yet there’s a concept – an obvious one …
Read MoreDaily Fantasy Sports are under a full on assault: allegations of “insider trading,” a hyper aggressive (if not overwhelming/annoying) …
Read MoreTo say that today was a rollercoaster would be an understatement. While I recognize I'm a relative novice to the financial markets …
Read MoreFor the past nine months or so, I had written off fantasy eSports (Vulcun, Alphadraft) as an uninteresting niche in the potential betting …
Read MoreI debated posting this because it could bruise some egos and kill my dealflow. But with the recent DFS news, Fanduels $275M round & Yahoo's entry into the space …
Read MoreStupid is as stupid does.- Tom Hanks, “Forest Gump,” 1994
Nearly every VC firm in today’s market is focused on showcasing …
Read MoreI’m blessed to work at Chicago Ventures with some extraordinary people who are continually pushing me to evaluate whether I’m too accepting …
Read MoreThis article was originally published on re/code on January 23, 2014. Having spent much of the past decade in the online poker world — first as a professional poker player …
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