Another FKA Friday ● 27 May 2022#17

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27 May 2022 #17 819 Sadly, writer's block can befall everyone including angels toiling over a DD Report. Erotica by the Fire Fri 8 July 18:30 + Dinner. Everyone, angels, founders, or not! Grab tickets to this little play HERE if it tickles your fancy and/or join us for dinner afterwards. Please let us know if you want to join us for dinner HERE. Thankfully, Arron and his team had no writer's block when they completed the DD Report for Dacreed this week. We will circulate it for syndication next week. Also, Phil did not suffer from writer's block when we wrote his book "The Soaring Kiwi and the Sauerkraut". But he prefers his DD Reports to be brief! FileInvite is moving into new bigger offices. That's calling for a party! See also this NBR article from yesterday about the $7m raise. The Venture Deals online course demystifies venture capital deals and early-stage financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs leg up to secure funding. Founders & Angels! This looks good. HERE! Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” as startups across the globe scramble to navigate a sharp reversal after a 13-year bull run. Read more! An interesting look back at the double-dip recession in the early 80s.The economy was weak for three years at the start of the decade. But the latter half of that decade was one of the best economies in modern times. Read more! Tiger Global, hit by $17B in hedge fund losses, has nearly depleted its latest VC fund. Big gains, big losses! Read more! Just announced yesterday, the Startup Council and a $250m grant package for startups. More about it HERE. Watch the space! Startup Dunedin will be showing off all the student ventures emerging from their recent programme.MORE HERE! AANZ and NZ Private Capital, Wed, 1 June in Auckland. Professional Development? VC lead gen!?  More here! Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.