What I read this week...
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Figma/Adobe, Patagonia, and Janet Yellen's stamp collection
What I read this week… $20 billion Figma deal is a historic coup for startup investors in an otherwise miserable year (CNBC) A $100 million bet on finding the next ‘Mr. Beast’ (NYT) SoftBank considers launching a third Vision Fund (WSJ) Patagonia has no more owners (Bloomberg Opinion) The economy is still running hot, so expect the Fed to stay tough (Noahpinion) Stock trades reported by nearly a fifth of Congress show possible conflicts (NYT) Former Disney CEO Robert Iger to join venture firm Thrive Capital (WSJ) Janet Yellen likes rocks. Foreign diplomats keep giving her stamps.…
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