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☆ Neither Trump nor Harris really gave us much detail about how they will fix the economy in the debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Though the debate opened with a discussion about the economy, the conversation quickly devolved into platitudes, boasts, and personal jabs. Industry leaders told Business Insider that they hoped to hear the candidates discuss crypto guidelines, regulation, and key appointments on Tuesday night, but little was said about any of those topics. "What we really need is either a debate or a whole section of a debate devoted to economic issues," Tedeschi said. Tedeschi told Business Insider that we need clarity about Trump's proposed tariffs, which are the "most consequential and radical thing that he's proposed." Chris Larsen, the billionaire co-founder of blockchain payments company Ripple, told Business Insider that Harris was "spectacular."

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☆ Tech and business leaders will be looking for 3 things during the Harris-Trump debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

And that really, for tech, is going to determine what matters," he told Business Insider. "That was a clear effort to court business and tech," Tusk said. "That was really eye-opening, because that is not usually thought of as a business issue, it's thought of as a social issue," Snyder told Business Insider. But business and tech leaders will be looking at more than just policy on Tuesday night. AdvertisementLarsen believes that Harris may be able to provide the country with the reset that he and other business leaders are looking for.

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☆ AI valuations are starting to decline, says venture capitalist Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI valuations are starting to decline, says venture capitalist Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Venture Partners, joins 'Fast Money' to talk the week ahead for tech earnings.

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☆ We have an electoral system that drives polarization, says Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe have an electoral system that drives polarization, says Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the role of social media in inflaming the nation's political rhetoric, state of politics in America, how to best cool the political rhetoric, and more.

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☆ Bradley Tusk explains how Snapchat's new friend-ranking feature impacts teen anxiety
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBradley Tusk explains how Snapchat's new friend-ranking feature impacts teen anxietyBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Snapchat's new friend-ranking feature, the impact on teen anxiety, whether social media companies can be regulated, and more.

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☆ We have given the Chinese government a direct tool into all of our kid's pockets, says Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe have given the Chinese government a direct tool into all of our kid's pockets, says Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the House vote today on the TikTok bill, how the potential ban shares similarities to his experience working for Uber, his biggest concerns over the social media app, and more.

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☆ Only way to push social media companies for change is to hold them legally liable, says Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOnly way to push social media companies for change is to hold them legally liable, says Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures founder and CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of New York City suing social media giants over concerns over youth mental health crisis, how to best protect kids on social media, what the government can do to regulate social media companies, and more.

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☆ VCs are getting pickier about their weight-loss bets as startups rush to prescribe Ozempic
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-11 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewWith the Ozempic craze in full swing, investors are getting picky about the weight-loss startups they want to back. Kaganoff predicted that in the new year some startups prescribing GLP-1s would invest more money in studies using real-world evidence to show their programs work. And despite the Ozempic frenzy, weight-loss startups captured a tiny fraction of the money invested this year. Investors had put about $211 million toward weight-loss startups through mid-November, representing about 3% of digital-health funding over that period, according to PitchBook. Alfie HealthSome unlikely sectors of the healthcare industry stand to benefit from the growth of the weight-loss market.

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☆ Every politician makes every decision solely based on reelection and nothing else, says Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEvery politician makes every decision solely based on reelection and nothing else, says Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO and ‘Obvious in Hindsight’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how Americans view A.I. and government regulation, the potential and dangers of the technology, the state of politics and election process, the push for mobile voting, and more.

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☆ Op-ed: FTC's crackdown against Amazon is necessary for long-term innovation, startup investor argues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Bradley Tusk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The howls will begin the minute the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon hits the clerk's desk. What you don't see on that list is anything that could attempt to compete with Amazon or Meta or Apple or Microsoft or Google . Whenever we look at a startup that would directly compete with a company like Amazon, the answer to the second question is always, "yes, definitely." I think Amazon is a great company. Luckily, as these earlier giants started to falter, companies like Apple and Microsoft took off, and companies like Google, Amazon and Meta came along.

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☆ There are some A.I. use cases that could be truly transformational, says Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThere are some A.I. use cases that could be truly transformational, says Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Nvidia's quarterly earnings results, the company's dominance in the A.I. field, the impact of A.I. on businesses, and more.

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☆ Biden's executive order will have little impact on U.S. investors: venture capitalist Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden's executive order will have little impact on U.S. investors: venture capitalist Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures co-founder and CEO, joins 'Last Call' with reaction to President Biden's executive order on Chinese tech investing.

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☆ Microsoft is playing A.I. brilliantly, but it's a long-term venture, says Scale Venture's Rory O'Driscoll
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMicrosoft is playing A.I. brilliantly, but it's a long-term venture, says Scale Venture's Rory O'DriscollRory O'Driscoll, Scale Venture Partners and Bradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures, join 'TechCheck' to discuss the big week in tech earnings.

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☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Bradley Tusk and John Hope Bryant
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Bradley Tusk and John Hope BryantBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures co-founder and CEO, and John Hope Bryant, Operation Hope chairman and CEO, join 'Last Call' to discuss the recent open letter sent by tech executives warning that A.I. poses a "risk of extinction".

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☆ Now is the time for politicians to act on A.I., says venture capitalist Bradley Tusk
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNow is the time for politicians to act on A.I., says venture capitalist Bradley TuskBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures co-founder and CEO, and John Hope Bryant, Operation Hope chairman and CEO, join 'Last Call' to discuss the recent open letter sent by tech executives warning that A.I. poses a "risk of extinction".

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Greg Becker, who was the longtime CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, pictured last year. "Looks like Silicon Valley Bank is in some deep shit," Uncommon Capital general partner Jamie Quint tweeted. Startup founders scrambled to get their funds out of Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse. Andreessen Horowitz announced this week that it will continue banking with Silicon Valley Bank "for the foreseeable future" but is crafting a longer-term plan to diversify. Even so, he added, "I think we'd be supportive, as they stabilize, for them to be one of many partners that our founders bank with."

☆ TBD Health wants to make STI testing feel like a 'moment of self-care for the day.' Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck it used to win over investors like Tusk Ventures.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

STI testing startup TBD Health just raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by Tusk VenturesThe startup sells at-home testing kits and offers telemedicine consultations about sexual health. Check out the 9-slide pitch deck TBD Health used to raise its seed round. Instead of feeling embarrassed, TBD Health's goal is to help people feel empowered about staying on top of their sexual health. When it comes to sexual health, there are numerous startups targeting the reproductive and fertility space, like women's health startup Maven and surrogacy platform Nodal. Check out the nine-slide pitch deck TBD Health used to raise its $4.4 million seed round from Tusk.

☆ How Charlie Javice's Frank Sale to JP Morgan Wound up in Allegations of Fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Her financial aid startup, Frank, was featured in the New York Times, CNBC and Wall Street Journal. After leaving the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school, Javice traded on her reputation, bolstered by glowing profiles, as a successful entrepreneur. In a 2018 interview with Insider, Javice claimed Frank secured an average of $28,000 for its users, and was helping students get "thousands off their tuition." "Charlie's first company fizzled after 18 months, so after losing all her investors' money, she convinced every one of them to fund her next company, Frank." At Frank, Javice admitted she sometimes painted a more positive picture of the company's health than was supported by the facts.

☆ See the 14-slide presentation that occupational therapy startup Kinspire used to land $3.6 million to treat kids with conditions such as ADHD and autism
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kinspire, a startup offering occupational therapy for kids, just got $3.6 million in seed funding. Robert Seigel's oldest son started receiving occupational therapy at 4 years old to treat weakness in his abdomen that made it difficult for him to sit still. But in between the sessions, Seigel said he wasn't sure how to help his son progress. Kinspire shared with Insider the pitch deck it used to raise $3.6 million in seed funding. See the 14-slide presentation Kinspire used to land $3.6 million from Corazon Capital and Looking Glass Capital.

☆ The billionaire CEO of a top biotech VC firm details how a new type of AI could transform how we test and discover treatments
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sarah Braner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Afeyan is the CEO and founder of Flagship Pioneering, the venture firm behind Moderna. Flagship has in its portfolio multiple companies using AI in areas like drug discovery and testing. The Flagship method for company building starts with a vague "what if" question, and if the idea survives testing, it's unveiled to the public, Afeyan told Insider in 2021. Afeyan isn't alone in predicting that generative AI is gearing up to play a bigger role in healthcare. Morgan Cheatham, a vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners, told Insider he predicted generative AI would result in more than $1 trillion in value for the healthcare industry by 2040.

Funding raised: $27 millionNumber of employees: 20Why it's set to take off next year: Provider burnout is getting worse, and it's exacerbating healthcare's staffing crisis. Nof said he expected Abridge's technology to be in demand next year as hospitals worked to reduce the administrative burdens on doctors. "They've reached a tipping point where people are desperate to gain efficiencies in their workday with all the physician burnout," he said. Abridge's technology takes the audio from doctor-patient interactions and automatically turns it into documentation for billing purposes or a summary of the visit for the patient. That means doctors are relieved of the "hours of pajama time in the evening that they previously spent doing clinical documentation," Cheatham said.

☆ Elon Musk has yet to come up with a new idea at Twitter, says Tusk Ventures CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElon Musk has yet to come up with a new idea at Twitter, says Tusk Ventures CEOBradley Tusk, Tusk Ventures founder and CEO, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the valuation for private tech companies as the sector faces layoffs and more.

☆ After FTX's collapse, an SEC commissioner says crypto is worsening finance's existing flaws, while investors look for answers on regulatory concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Investors told Insider that they welcome regulation and more guidance at the federal level. In Lizárraga's view, many crypto companies have not only replicated the flaws of the traditional finance industry, but they've made them worse by operating in a regulatory gray area. Instead, crypto companies can protect both themselves and their customers by embracing regulation rather than seeking to sidestep it, he said. She decided to partner with the fintech company Apex for Zingeroo's crypto offering rather than a pure-play crypto exchange because she felt more confident that Apex would follow proper compliance. But others, including some venture capitalists, have suggested that federal regulators have not provided enough clarity to crypto companies.

☆ From Cerebral to Cedar, here's every digital-health startup that's cut workers so far this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Digital-health startups are slicing their workforces after two years of record industry growth. Many startups that announced layoffs this year raised mega-rounds of $100 million or more in 2021. Last year, the digital-health industry was flying high. Digital-health startups in the US banked a record $29.1 billion in 2021, almost double 2020's record of $14.9 billion. Here are the digital-health startups that have announced layoffs this year, as of October 25:Have a tip about digital health layoffs that you want to share?

☆ Proptech startup founders and VCs dissect the overwhelming sense of doom about raising capital right now: 'Some folks are feeling that it's really, really bad'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Founders fear the worst is yet to comeNaturally, proptech founders are worried. But proptech founders say they have additional concerns. Warburg Peters and other VCs who spoke with Insider encouraged founders to find partners beyond the investor offering the biggest check. Clelia Warburg Peters. Clelia Warburg Peters"In a funny way in 2021, they would just take the best check," Warburg Peters said of founders.

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