Ted Smith

Husband and Father; Partner and President, Union Square Advisors; Winemaker and winedrinker; Presidential Leadership Scholar

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As always, I really enjoyed my discussion with @emilychangtv of Bloomberg LP TV. Emily is a very insightful observer of the technology sector, and a great person with whom to have a conversation! As you'll see in this segment, 2021 has produced record M…https://t.co/u2pjsYGrHs

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I really enjoyed my conversation with Paul Sweeney and Taylor Riggs, CFA on Bloomberg LP Radio. No surprise, we continue to see an enormous amount of M&A and capital raising activity across the technology landscape, and we expect this environment to cont…https://t.co/ms3cvE9YRX

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The growing nexus between technology, finance and sustainability has never been more important. Very proud of our team's role in working with Aspiration, led by our Chairman and co-founder, Carter McClelland. https://t.co/PsqHeXvLkQ

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Great interview of my colleague @UbaidDhiyan in this Forbes article written by @joemckendrick. We continue to see tremendous value being delivered by enterprise tech companies that lead with innovation and drive digital transformation. As challenging as…https://t.co/Y4oBkNgYTI

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The Union Square Advisors team has remained very busy throughout 2021 as our clients continue to evaluate and execute on a variety of strategic transactions. Although clearly there will be bumps in the road on the continued recovery from the pandemic, we…https://t.co/CnZuOovNW9

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Great conversation today with @AkikoFujita and the team at Yahoo Finance regarding the current state of the equity markets and the continued strong(!) valuations for tech companies. I keep saying and writing this, but to reiterate: it's going to be a ver…https://t.co/ssQFp2Ynqt

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I'm really excited to spread the word about Union Square Advisors' 2021 Outlook Report! After all the challenges of 2020, I'm glad we can highlight several areas for optimism and accelerating transaction activity that we think will make 2021 a great year…https://t.co/jbgDI5gL15

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Great interview with my colleague @UbaidDhiyan in Crunchbase News about the rapidly growing role that Kubernetes is playing in next-generation application deployment and management. Another reason 2021 is going to very busy! https://t.co/Vo1kIwW7tQ

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I really enjoyed my conversation yesterday with Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg TV's afternoon Technology segment. It was an exciting day in Tech, with the SEC's approval of the NYSE's proposal to allow companies to go public AND raise capital via direct listin…https://t.co/QB7M1mDWU3

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I enjoyed a great and wide-ranging conversation with the terrific @savitz of Barron's about what we see happening in the Technology space for 2021. In short, we expect that the tremendous uptick in activity that we've experienced during the second half of…https://t.co/l5QiDkV9ER

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Great interview with my colleagues Andrew Atherton and @UbaidDhiyan regarding the current state of the Cybersecurity market, and why we think it will continue to be a strong segment of the overall technology space in 2021! https://t.co/yW9lFNhirc

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One of the things that I love about the Technology space -- and, indeed, about America, even with our challenges -- is our desire and ability to look forward. To that end, I really enjoyed my conversation with Chris Metinko at Crunchbase News regarding t…https://t.co/oP5OQl2BDa

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Seattle rocks! Great discussion with Paxtyn Merten of the Puget Sound Business Journal around the ongoing vibrancy of the State of Washington technology scene. The Puget Sound area has world-class talent and investors, and we continue to engage with great…https://t.co/WReWf4JJva

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Also, special shout to to @jeffreyselman and Dean Fealk of DLA Piper for great insights into the up-to-the-minute dynamics around SPACs and Direct Listings. For the +/- 10% of VC-backed companies that will get to an exit via the public markets, they now…https://t.co/SH9E7j57vg

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Thanks to @emilychangtv for having me on her Bloomberg LP Technology show yesterday -- great conversation about the state of the Tech financing markets. It's going to be a very busy last 4 months of 2020, with IPO -- and particularly M&A -- activity in Te…https://t.co/odCoK5oXzr

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I enjoyed my conversation with @eringriffith of The New York Times regarding Airbnb's coming IPO. It's going to be a very busy fall for both M&A and public offerings! https://t.co/YBi6w8KfBx

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I've known Joan Sills for 5+ years through our Vistage group, and I find her guidance for business leaders to be insightful and very helpful. I've known @cindymasch even longer (though we stopped counting the years...) and she's just as good. If you are…https://t.co/O2ueXkjo8K