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Ali Hamed

Promoting Brian Harwitt to Partner at CoVenture

Today, we announced to our team that Brian Harwitt is being made a partner at CoVenture. Honestly, it’s been a long time coming. Brian…

Jan 8, 2021

Jan 8, 2021

Moving to Substack

Hi everyone, my new posts will be on Substack, subscribe here!

Dec 9, 2020

Dec 9, 2020

The Streaming Wars Will Turn into the Social Wars

TikTok’s $200M fund that finances new content creators is such a big deal, for a few reasons:

Sep 1, 2020

Sep 1, 2020

Platform Economies

The world feels split into three buckets:

Sep 1, 2020

Platform Economies

Sep 1, 2020

Walmart Should Definitely Buy TikTok

Walmart should buy TikTok — it’s obvious.

Aug 28, 2020

Walmart Should Definitely Buy TikTok

Aug 28, 2020

What’s The Point

I’ve found that a lot of smart people are bad decision-makers. And primarily, when they make bad decisions it’s on “what to pay attention…

Aug 19, 2020

Aug 19, 2020

Some Thoughts On Rolling Funds

I’ve heard of a handful of angel investors raising Rolling Funds as an alternative to a “micro fund.”

Aug 11, 2020

Some Thoughts On Rolling Funds

Aug 11, 2020

When the Rules Change

Through 2014–2019, growth was the top priority of startups. Through those years, a priority put on growth accelerated.

May 30, 2020

May 30, 2020

When a Thesis Gets in the Way of Risk

When investment managers raise funds, they usually do so with a thesis. Very few investors can raise capital because LPs just “trust them…

May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020

Will Cost of Capital Go Higher or Lower?

Everyone I speak with wants to talk about the stock market. Why won’t it go down? Why doesn’t it reflect the economy? What’s happening?

May 20, 2020

May 20, 2020

Ali Hamed

Ali Hamed

[5'9", ~170 lbs, male, New York, NY]. I blog about investing. And usually about things I’ve learned the hard way. Opinions are my own, not CoVenture’s

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