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Poshmark's Acquisition Betrays Retail Consolidation
Naver to buy U.S. e-commerce site Poshmark for $1.2 billion
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Michael Spencer
What is the Savvy Gaming Group?
How Games not Data are the new Oil
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The Most Important IPO of 2022
Is not who you think
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Michael Spencer

September 2022

Adobe to Acquire Design Platform Rival Figma at 50x Revenue for $20 Billion
Should Silicon Valley be allowed to acquire Rivals?
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August 2022

Adam Neumann is Going with the Flow
WeWork is WeBack as a16z goes white male again!
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Axios sold to Cox Enterprise
Another media Exit in the rapidly shifting sector
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Shopify's Huge Investment in a Marketing Automation Leader is a Big Deal
Shopify strategically invests $100M to email startup and business partner
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Venture Capital Slowdown
Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 cohort is smaller by 40%
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July 2022

Amazon Acquiring One Medical for $3.9 Billion
Amazon is hitting Healthcare hard
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Klarna's Reality Check as BNPL Hype Fades
Klarna valuation plunges 85%
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Amazon takes stake in Grubhub
Amazon has a Meituan moment, adds food delivery perks to Prime.
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May 2022

Startup Investors are Warning Boom Times are Over
Or The Startups and VCs are freaking out!
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Michael Spencer
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