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A venture capitalist agrees to fund any idea you pitch them in the next 5 minutes—what idea do you pitch?

by QuestionGuy May 20, 2022, 1:20 pm

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TIL Only 2% of the $276 billion in venture capital funding in 2021 was invested in Energy industry; in contrast Technology industry received 77%.

by whatilearned March 18, 2022, 5:53 am

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TIL about Venture Smith, the son of a West African prince. Kidnapped and became an American slave until he purchased his and his family’s freedom and went on to become a wealthy property owner in the late 1770’s

by whatilearned February 20, 2022, 1:04 pm

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TIL German-American Billionaire Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist Peter Thiel wrote an article in April 2009 stating that “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible”

by whatilearned February 2, 2022, 6:25 am

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Hydrothermal Venture: Day 5: Advent of Code — Python Solution

by ProgrammerDude December 5, 2021, 8:33 am

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TIL that in 1795, Mary Wollstonecraft travelled to Sweden in order to locate a shipment of silver her husband, Gilbert Imlay, was trying to get past the British blockade of France. Mary had recently tried to take her own life, and believed the venture would save her marriage; it did not.

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 8:47 pm

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TIL Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘Perestroika’ tried to implement capitalism with the “Law on Cooperatives” permitting ownership of businesses. Joint ventures allowed foreigners to own upto 49% of a venture. Despite this, the USSR economy remained sluggish in the 1980’s & collapsed in the 1990’s.

by whatilearned October 13, 2021, 11:17 am

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TIL that the Bermudan Coat of Arms depicts a ship named The Sea Venture which sank in the early 17th century, near the Bermudan reefs and is referenced in Shakespeare’s The Tempest

by whatilearned September 28, 2021, 12:09 pm

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TIL that on the Bermuda coat of arms depicts a sinking ship. The ship Sea Venture, carrying some 150 colonists bound for Virginia, was shipwrecked on shoals off Bermuda during a hurricane in 1609. The crew survived and chose to stay in the island, becoming the first English settlers of Bermuda.

by whatilearned September 3, 2021, 1:30 pm

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Scientists See Serious Health Risks in Gulf Oil Spill The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico poses serious health risks for the people who are working to clean it up and others who venture into the coastal area, scientists say.

by DailyHealthNews July 3, 2021, 10:38 am

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TIL that during the First World War, search and rescue dogs would venture out into no man’s land to locate wounded men. They carried water and medical supplies to men out of the reach of ambulances, and could lead stretcher parties to wounded soldiers stranded in no man’s land.

by whatilearned June 16, 2021, 11:45 am

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TIL about John Simpkins, an artist who was the sole resident of a ghost town in Andrews, Oregon. A roundtrip venture to the closest grocery store is about 300 miles.

by whatilearned June 9, 2021, 5:23 am

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