Archive - Alex’s Newsletter

Acquire Something That You Need

One major reason for an acquisition (as I see it) is to “acquire” something that you don’t already have. When analyzing Idealab’s inclination to acquire…

Jul 13, 2021 •

New Decade, New Data

Bill Gross, Idealab’s founder, gave a TED Talk about why startups succeed. As the leader of a company that has built many successful companies (with…

Jul 6, 2021 •

June 2021

May 2021

Make Your Own Winners

Y Combinator already is a leader in the accelerator industry, and it is poised to continue being one over the next 10 years. I anticipate Y Combinator…

May 25, 2021 •

How do you Reach the Top...

...when there is already a top dog?

May 18, 2021 •

Y Combinator and its Suppliers

I’ve settled on calling what I’ve been writing about the “Incubator Industry” since it’s catchy and captures my intent to describe the group of…

May 11, 2021 •

Businesses That Make Businesses??

For a while now, I’ve been fascinated about the idea of businesses that help build other businesses. While this sounds strange when written down (see…

May 4, 2021 •

Accelerators and business incubators

Welcome to Alex’s Newsletter by me, Alex Godziela.

May 4, 2021 •

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