Author Archives: Andy Rankin

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 →

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 →