Kanyi Maqubela
@kmCollaborative Fund partner. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa.
“Insurance Is Sold, Not Bought.”
by Kanyi Maqubela —In an influential 1979 behavioral economics paper, Daniel Kahneman and his colleague Amos Tversky developed “Prospect Theory” as a way to…
Read moreMAYA: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable
by Kanyi Maqubela —Two anecdotes stuck out to me in Derek Thompson’s Atlantic post about “The Four-Letter Code to Selling Just About Anything.”.
Read moreLabor and Leisure
by Kanyi Maqubela —Oddly, the structure of the 7-day week, unlike 24, 30 or 365, does not have a basis in the rotations…
Read moreEvolutions In Language and Culture
by Kanyi Maqubela —This weekend I was discussing the 2016 Nobel Laureates for Economics with my wife.
Read moreThings We Make, Things We Grow
by Kanyi Maqubela —A few months ago I was having breakfast with a mentor and investor of ours, who said something very interesting…
Read moreWait, What Is Technology?
by Kanyi Maqubela —To start, I consulted the official definitions, to see if I could anchor in something that I understood well.
Read moreWith noses pressed against the glass
by Kanyi Maqubela —The more I think about it, the more strongly I believe that there are a few ways to think about…
Read more21st century unions
by Kanyi Maqubela —Unions were a fixture of the 20th century, serving as a stabilizing force against corporate and investor interests in business…
Read moreGoodness, power, and data
by Kanyi Maqubela —Today we announced an investment in Placemeter, alongside some great partners.
Read moreHow A 10-year Fund Life Impacts Your Startup
by Kanyi Maqubela —Venture capital Limited Partner Agreements look very similar.
Read moreParsing The ‘Venture Subsidy’
by Kanyi Maqubela —There is a subtle but very important distinction between venture capital “subsidizing” a service-oriented business, and a service-oriented business that…
Read moreWhat Is Citizenship On The Internet?
by Kanyi Maqubela —Lately, crowdsourcing is almost a dirty word.
Read moreMaking Sense Of Connected Devices
by Kanyi Maqubela —There are a number of ways to connect hardware to the internet.
Read moreWhy does eBay still use seller ratings?
by Kanyi Maqubela —On peer-to-peer platforms, trust and safety is of paramount importance.
Read moreChange Culture By Making Big Bets
by Kanyi Maqubela —It is instructive, when thinking about venture capital, to consider a venture firm as a two-sided marketplace.
Read moreThe “Uber of X” Companies Are Only Halfway There
by Kanyi Maqubela —2013 was a big year for Uber.
Read moreWhat Happens When The Peer Economy Grows Up?
by Kanyi Maqubela —Every online marketplace expert will tell you: start with supply.
Read moreIf FICO & Klout Had A Baby
by Kanyi Maqubela —Credit, though we take it for granted, is a revolutionary human invention.
Read moreFuture Of Payments
by Kanyi Maqubela —Communication protocols on the internet are both wildly varied and constantly evolving.
Read moreDisruption In Food
by Kanyi Maqubela —The term disruption gets a lot of airtime in the innovation community.
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