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In an interview with Recode following Facebook’s F8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg laid out his rationale for Facebook’s big bet on augmented reality:

Apple is increasingly focused on being a dominant player in augmented reality (AR), and for good reason: The future of the company depends on it. AR includes any technology that uses digital information to seamlessly enhance the real world. Over…

We recently hosted a panel of 8 college students from the University of Minnesota. The goal was to better understand how millennials think about social media, communications, video, VR, AR, the selfie generation, the future of work, and privacy. Here’s a…

As we watched the run up in SNAP shares since its IPO last week, we wondered how much of the move was based on potential revenue growth of more than 2x in 2017 or investors buying in to Snap’s long…

Snap priced its IPO at $17 per share, implying a $23.6 billion market cap.  To put the valuation in perspective, we think Snap could grow revenues by 100% to ~$800 million in 2017 and believe some buy side investors think…

Dear Snap, Inc., Congratulations on your S-1 filing this past week.  It’s a great accomplishment as a company and great for the tech industry.  During our 35+ collective years as stock analysts, we’ve helped a lot of companies go public.…

As a new fund, we think it is important to share how we view the world beyond our long-term purpose to pursue The Future Perfect. Our Philosophy Series details our most important learnings from our time covering the Internet space…

Human communications have done a complete reversal since the emergence of the smartphone. To prove it, let’s briefly review the history of how we communicate. We started communicating with hieroglyphics — pictures on cave walls. That allowed us to share experiences and knowledge…

VR headsets may not have been the “it” gift of the holiday season, but there was definitely a pick up in consumer interest. Based on our analysis of Google Trends data, we believe that Oculus sold about 55k Rifts in…