So Many Questions

We finally have some view of a future where we can go back to normal but we collectively have no idea what that will mean or look like? There are tons of questions we will be asking ourselves and they will touch on every topic, every aspect of our lives. The financial side of our lives, personal and business, clearly included...

A lot of people's personal and business finances have certainly been turned upside down...but the markets have been propelled by tech adoption and government support -

The next few years may be shaping up as a boom...though GDP wise we have to grow a lot just to get back to where we would have been without an awful global pandemic. Will there be another roaring 20s, and what can we takeaway from last centuries' post health crisis decade? There are huge differences but we need to look back -

Economically speaking we are looking at the very real risk of overheating and inflation....what will that look like, how will it impact incomes, investments, debts, the cost of one banana??

As theatres and gathering places open up to more capacity, what will we be willing to spend money, time, get into actual clothes for?

What will office work transform into - more flexible, hybrid...very unclear and uncertain -

NY has certainly changed - and its startups are pulling in more and more investor interest and capital -

This is must watch for NY area folks, but there are takeaways for anybody in business:

What are the lessons in leadership - how should we evaluate leadership -where doe we put EQ in relation to IQ?

Who should early stage startup teams be looking for? The team that gets put together is hugely important to the success of any organization and this is a great piece -

What can a business do to stay out of the VC danger zone?

Meanwhile, the unicorn population is just massive and growing every week -

74% of the companies on this market map joined it since 2018. 127 made the list in 2019, 121 became unicorns in 2020. As of March, 2021 has already seen the birth of 78 unicorns. Just an incredible growth curve.

This may be the image of the year:

I think the ultimate question we all need to ask ourselves is - Is this how I want to spend my time? Do we want to do it burning out at Goldman? Do we recognize the challenges of being a VC?

This is Passover season - the time to ask questions....and sometimes the answers aren't clear or obvious at all - but what we are thinking about, mulling over, re-analyzing (and over-analyzing) will open doors and opportunities to us. So keep thinking.