Interesting but plausible assertion: The business model of elite universities — acting as costly gatekeepers to a kingdom of guaranteed high earnings — is poised to collapse. When the ROI of a $300,000 law or medical degree evaporates, the institutions built on credential

Personal relationships are going to matter more with AI. Make new friends especially with those who are working really hard now.

Congrats! Anthropic investor Menlo Ventures Ventures is raising $1.5 billion for its next set of funds, a source says wsj.com/articles/menlo… via The Wall Street Journal

ICE will have an additional $75 billion to build detention centers, hire new agents and supercharge its operations.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/opi…

Wow.

“You’ve got to look at Elon, at SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink – the guy is our Einstein. I'd like to be helpful to him and his companies as much as we can.” — Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO

She is one of the best investors alive. She is right. Don’t know what “CogSec” is? Click the Grok button and ask.

Crazy. What a waste of money and resources. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…

Deficit going up as I warned if we elect Donald J. Trump. We need that third party: socially liberal (to each their own as long as they don't encroach on others rights), fiscally conservative (but separating investments with long term returns from spending) and climate risk

Small biotech Abivax scores major win with ulcerative colitis trials statnews.com/2025/07/23/abi… via STAT

Impressive insights into the success of the Global Health Innovation Fund and the outlook for 2025. Ira has done yet another great podcast with Bill Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Scaling ... youtu.be/3mDBeZTALms?si… YouTube #IraPastor #Digitalhealth

Hear from Bill Taranto, Founder and President of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, on this week’s VentureFuel Visionaries podcast! Follow VentureFuel today for more updates! #corporateventure #CVC #innovation #venturefuel

Join us on today's VentureFuel Visionaries #podcast with Bill Taranto, Founder and President of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund! We talk about the dual mandate to predict and prepare & more. 🔊 Listen here: hubs.ly/Q03Bx0Fk0 #CorporateVenture #CVC #Innovation

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I pledged a paid subscription to Team at SKYLARK . Its an excellent publication on travel information worldwide. skylarktravel.substack.com/?utm_medium=em…

What is going on at Charles Schwab Corp ? They do a stock split on a fund and don't tell anyone? They say we lost a lot of money and when i call the guy at schwab says...i didn't know about it?

Strategic Investments To Improve Patients' Lives - Joel Krikston - Joel KRIKSTON - Managing Director Venture Investments, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund / Co-Founder, MSD Idea Studios Progress, Potential, And Possibilities Ira S. Pastor Jennifer Jones Bill Taranto #InvestmentBanking

Surprise, surprise. Toyota Says It Did Not Promise Trump $10B Investment in U.S. supplychainbrain.com/articles/42749…

Definitely worth a read for any CVC or VC. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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