Author Archives: Andy Rankin

Winter is coming for the NFL. Tell me a story about Spring.

Posted on January 28, 2013

All my life I’ve loved stories, and the beauty of the Valley is that everyone is a storyteller and that the best businesses have the best stories. Today, despite amazing advances like SpaceX, GoogleGlass, and Redbull space jumps, the naysayers … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Venture Capital, risk, and investing in startups.

Posted on October 26, 2010

From Wikipedia, “Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange … Capital for private equity is raised primarily from institutional investors.” Therefore, anyone who … Continue reading →

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Protected: Jobs, Vets, Needs

Posted on February 7, 2000

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