by Paper Pursuits | Jun 17, 2022 | General
A few years ago, the technology company I work for hit an arbitrary milestone: its enterprise value was higher than a local real estate group that had spent years building and operated hundreds of brand-new, beautiful rental units across four large, multifamily...
by Paper Pursuits | May 28, 2022 | General
If you work in startups or a growth-stage business, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term “private equity” before. Yet most employees don’t know what the term means let alone understand the role private equity plays in the market. In this article,...
by Paper Pursuits | May 25, 2022 | General
Many first-time founders believe in the mantra: “Go big or go home!” The downside, experienced by a slew of recent startups, it raising money at sky-high valuations with a plan to “burn, baby, burn!” with hopes of EVENTUALLY finding...
by Paper Pursuits | May 23, 2022 | General
Earlier in my career, deciding what to work on seemed so easy. “Fail fast and fail forward,” they said. After some trial and error, I ended up leading a company that has been quite successful to date. That is not to say it’s been easy, but it has...
by Paper Pursuits | May 22, 2022 | General
Think about all of the things you buy. This includes the products you use, the media you consume, the ads you are exposed to, the software that runs on your computer and phone, the infrastructure that powers our homes and offices, and the food you eat and drink each...
by Paper Pursuits | May 22, 2022 | General
Why do we impose limits on ourselves? Why do we assume “more” is for “other people”? Why do we settle? As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson puts it: “We presume that balance is a good thing. When something is out of balance, you can get...
