As most of you know, I want to empower people to work on the things they love. As … Continue reading “Episode 25: Clearco & The Future of Finance”

One of our main theses at FJ Labs is to focus on vertical marketplaces. Slice is a great … Continue reading “Episode 24: How Slice is helping mom and pop pizzerias compete with Dominos”

The education system has not evolved since the industrial era. New tools have been introduced over the years, … Continue reading “Episode 23: Synthesis: The startup scaling up the most innovative ideas from Elon Musk’s school”

9 out of 10 startups fail. This is a gloomy number. However, it has never stopped entrepreneurs from … Continue reading “Ep 22: Why Startups Fail with Tom Eisenmann”

By Matias Barbero “No more …. masks. Everything open too. School opens this week — Thursday! Did you … Continue reading “The Moaning 20s”

This is one of the most requested questions I’ve received since starting Playing With Unicorns. People want to … Continue reading “Episode 21: How to Build the Perfect Pitch Deck?”

I covered FJ Labs’ investment strategy in the past which covers the type of companies we want to … Continue reading “How FJ Labs Evaluates Startups”

I love to travel light and love big screens and long battery life. Those things were largely incompatible … Continue reading “The LG Gram 17 is the perfect laptop!”

I am excited to announce that we are promoting Arne Halleraker to partner on our team at FJ … Continue reading “Meet FJ Labs’ New Partner: Arne Halleraker”

Last week Alpha Capital, a SPAC company that FJ Labs co-sponsored, went public. We rang the bell and … Continue reading “Episode 20: So you want to launch a SPAC ?”

I have been in awe of the color of the water in Turks ever since I set eyes … Continue reading “Kiting in Half Moon Bay is spectacular!”

Brian Requarth is the Co-Founder of Latitud and former CEO of Viva Real. Through Latitud, he now dedicates … Continue reading “Episode 19: Reinvesting in the Latam Tech Ecosystem with Brian Requarth”

A while back I posted the matrix FJ Labs uses to evaluate marketplace startups. It has been our … Continue reading “FJ Labs Valuation Matrix”

Tim Jackson is a fellow entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. He has lived an interesting life from a … Continue reading “Episode 18: Thirty-Six Lessons from Company Founders & CEOs with Tim Jackson”

The warning signs of market mania are everywhere. P/E ratios are high and climbing. Bitcoin rose 300% in … Continue reading “Welcome to the Everything Bubble!”