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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
Today, token sales are a good idea for an incredibly small number of companies, and many proposed token sales are not a good fit for us.
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A Conversation About Crypto-currencies and ICOs with Andy Bromberg
@ Y Combinator
09/15/18
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Andy Bromberg
03/09/18
@ Y Combinator
Many token companies may fail because they run out of money, highlighting the need for effective fundraising strategies to support ongoing development.
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Andy Bromberg
03/09/18
@ Y Combinator
The relationship between equity and tokens in a successful token sale may blur, as the company's value could derive more from its token holdings than from traditional equity.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
We're looking to support offerings of security tokens, but we don't see this as a pivot; we see ourselves as infrastructure to support sales of tokens.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
The demand for ICOs indicates a strong interest in investing in startups, but it also reflects a tendency for investors to believe in ideas that may not be sound.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
The YC process for evaluating startups provides valuable data on success signals, but such a framework does not currently exist for ICO tokens, leading to aggressive investment mentalities.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
As infrastructure for asset-backed tokens develops, it may make sense for companies to raise equity through tokens that represent that equity.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
Investors struggle to conduct due diligence in the ICO space due to a lack of established norms and data on token success rates, making it difficult to assess which tokens are viable.
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Andy Bromberg
09/15/18
@ Y Combinator
Not every startup will need to issue a token; traditional trust-based relationships will always exist alongside tokenized systems.
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Peter Thiel
04/02/15
@ Mercatus Center
We should focus on starting more good businesses rather than just increasing the number of startups, as not all ideas are worth pursuing.