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The Republic of Big Tech Pt. 2
Conversion Insights In our last installment, we addressed the monumental rise of the new economy, Big Technology firms that are gradually swallowing the cities they inhabit and now, the nation-states they occupy – Amazon to Amazonia. But what is left unclear is how regulators will address this change. After all, the US government et al....
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The Republic of Big Tech
Conversion Insights In the last 500 years, there are few choices for the most important legal treatise beyond the Declaration of Independence – the only arguable contender might be the Peace of Westphalia born in 1648, which created the foundation of the modern nation-state. After a period of significant political volatility, the eighty years war,...
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Welcome Mike Yu as Conversion’s Newest Investor
I’m pleased to announce that Mike Yu, former product lead at Blend has joined Conversion Capital and will focus on backing entrepreneurs building new businesses in fintech and enterprise software, while exploring his own ideas and building a new company currently in stealth. I first met Mike in 2018, when he co-architected finprint, a secure,...
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Jobs at Conversion Labs
As a member of the product development team at Conversion Labs, you will work with a small, high-quality team to design and build multiple new software products from scratch, making key early decisions without any politics or bureaucracy. You will have the opportunity to join promising spin-offs in a founding or advisory role. We believe...
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Building the Next Generation of Breakthrough Technology Post COVID-19
In 1786, Thomas Reid gave us Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man and penned the proverb,“ A chain is as strong as the weakest link.” Over the last few decades, we have become more connected by technology, yet isolated in our efficiency. More than three-quarters of Americans live in or near cities and rely...