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Liz Upton
Forbidden donut
6 August 2026
A follow-up to Donut Lab: a study in deception in venture-backed technology, published 25 March 2026. If you haven't read…
Sovereignty is a substrate
28 July 2026
There is a company in Japan that makes the seasoning in your instant ramen and the insulating film inside almost…
What shape is a bubble?
27 July 2026
Nobody's going to call you shocking or subversive if you point out that we're experiencing an AI bubble. And as…
Mind the imaginary gap
26 May 2026
There's a question I get asked very frequently at investor events: why did we choose to float Raspberry Pi, the…
Donut Lab: a study in deception in venture-backed technology
25 March 2026
When Finnish startup Donut Lab announced at CES 2026 that it had created the world's first production-ready solid-state battery, hardware…
You’re crowdfunding your…what, now?
6 June 2025
We look in a lot of places for young companies we might want to work with or invest in. One…
A narrative about women in business that’s all kinds of wrong
1 April 2025
Sometimes flawed statistics worm their way into positions where they can cause massive damage. Here's an example you might have…