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Sezon burz dla startupów - newsletter Artura Kurasińskiego

August 14, 2017

Błyska się i grzmi

Wróciłem właśnie z wyprawy kajakowej z Kaszub ze swoją córką i miałem ogromne szczęście - burza, która zniszczyła obóz harcerski w Suszkach i zabiła dwoje dzieci minęła nas o 4 kilometry. Nie pamiętam kiedy jako dorosła osoba bałem się tak bardzo siedząc po ciemku w namiocie i sprawdzając co i rusz prognozę pogody (licząc na szybkie przejście burzy).

Niespokojnie jest też w biznesie - SoundCloud został uratowany dosłownie w ostatniej chwili, jeden z inwestorów Ubera pozywa ex-CEO, Blue Apron dostał poważnej zadyszki a Snap pikuje i przebija kolejne poziomy rozczarowania inwestorów. Na jesieni pojawi się jeszcze więcej doniesień o kiepskiej kondycji paru spółek technologicznych - czy to oznacza "pękniecie kolejnej bańki"? Nic bardziej błędnego. 

Na rynku pojawiło się ogromnie dużo nowych biznesów zasilanych obłędnie dużą kasą od inwestorów. W globalnej grze ścierają się ze sobą startupy jak i poważne korporacje - trup będzie słał się gęsto. Końcówka 2017 będzie bardzo interesująca ale nic nie zanosi się na "pękniecie bańki" bo jej po prostu nie ma. 

Miłej końcówki wakacji!

Artur Kurasiński

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