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Jerome Wittamer
Jerome Wittamer

Jerome Wittamer

Tech investor

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From Uber Is Going to Zero and Their VC Backers Know It by Matt Ward

…ays be on the defensive. By definition this means Uber cannot be the last ride-sharing company. And without a monopoly, they cannot create pricing power. Instead, transportation as a service becomes a race to the bottom, constantly fighting to keep or acquire new users.

From Uber Is Going to Zero and Their VC Backers Know It by Matt Ward

The reason — competitive pressures and customer acquisition costs. Businesses without this defensibility almost always struggle with profit and unit economics. Look at Instacart or Uber, on the surface both great businesses. Dig deeper and you reveal weak fo…

From Uber Is Going to Zero and Their VC Backers Know It by Matt Ward

This example illustrates what all startups should shoot for — an increasingly defensible business model.

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Expon Capital invests in Technology Cutting Energy Consumption of World’s Largest Clouds &…

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Frontier AI: How far are we from artificial “general” intelligence, really?

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