When my parents immigrated to America, they didn’t understand what being an American meant in practice - after all, how could they? While some would say that being an American is a mere form of national identification, I would argue that it is instead an identification of character. For immigrant families like mine, who have [...]
On November 15, 2022, a staggering 14 million people flocked to Ticketmaster with the hope of securing a ticket for Taylor Swift's Eras Concert (Revell, 2022). It was a scene of chaos, with thousands of fans eagerly waiting in line, all competing for the limited number of tickets up for grabs. With such high demand, [...]
Startups heavily rely on trends in investor and consumer behavior. Amid volatile venture capital (VC) conditions and Gen-Z becoming more influential in the market, the ESG sector specifically is going to see growth. According to JP Morgan, “over $500 billion flowed into ESG-integrated funds in 2021.” With funds worldwide struggling to raise, a constraint on [...]
Pause and scan the device in front of you: have you ever considered the true cost that was transferred between the overseas manufacturing and the day that you first powered it on? Many companies are zeroing in on this information as a result of any number of recent events – from the Paris Agreement to [...]
Once reserved for the pages of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now rewriting the script for the media and entertainment industries. Pictured above is a de-aged, voice-synthesized Mark Hamill in The Book of Boba Fett - Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)’s use of machine learning-based algorithms and neural networks was able to bring the [...]
Venture capitalists are continuously looking for innovative companies and products that span across all industries: from fintech companies to consumer goods; some pique interests more than others. As a student studying finance, a core lesson from my undergraduate curriculum has been this: ‘personal preferences have no significance in financial markets’. This explains why markets move [...]
In essence, a term sheet is a legal document that outlines the transfer of capital from investors for equity in a company. This process happens seamlessly every single day on your favorite stock exchange. Gen Zers like myself are used to being able to log onto Robinhood and buy $10 worth of Amazon stock. With [...]
I recently finished reading Angel by Jason Calacanis and did not realize how impactful it would be. I started to realize how truly passionate I was about entrepreneurship/startups and started respecting the work in a whole new way. Taking risks and believing in the management team and the companies is a huge part of diligence. [...]
Covid brought a lot of uncertainty to financial markets which brings up concerns about how it might impact the state of VC and startup fundraising. There were a lot of initial concerns about what the effect of Covid might be on VC. Issues people were worried about were the lack of availability for in-person networking [...]
The past few years have seen a large growth of student-run venture capital funds, including ours based out of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Atland Ventures. In my ~4 weeks working at Atland, it’s already been an incredibly valuable experience, as I’m sure it has for everyone else in the company. So it raises the [...]
