WeWork the Weakest Link in SoftBank’s VC Mirage

There has been no reference in the columns for a while now of the debacle of the recently aborted WeWork IPO. This is primarily because the commentariat at ... Read More»

Bits, Bytes & Bots: Analysis of this Week’s Tech Events (October 24th, 2019)

A weekly review of only the most important technology events to impact your tech stocks portfolio.... Read More»

Facebook and the TikTok Threat

There has been a lot of market chatter lately about the threat TikTok poses to Facebook. Is this really an issue for Facebook, and is the company’s Lasso platfo... Read More»

Bits, Bytes & Bots: Analysis of this Week’s Tech Events (September 13th, 2019)

A weekly review of only the most important technology events to impact your tech stocks portfolio.... Read More»

Why the WeWork IPO Will Fail and That’s OK With SoftBank

With WeWork's lead investor SoftBank desperate to avoid losses, postponing the IPO is the least worst option for the space as a service company.... Read More»

Bitcoin Mining Whale Bitmain Fundraises $1 Billion Pre-IPO

UPDATE August 20, 2018: A previous version of this article indicated that Softbank and Tencent participated in the pre-IPO funding round. Softbank has since den... Read More»