• After 10 years of curating the most promising early-stage firms, we analyzed close to 700 RealLIST Startups as a hypothetical venture portfolio. • Our newsroom appears unusually good at identifying durable companies, even if it isn’t optimized for venture-scale home runs. • Even most VC firms, though, underperform public markets. Local investing has grown...

  • After 10 years of curating the most promising early-stage firms, we analyzed close to 700 RealLIST Startups as a hypothetical venture portfolio. • Our newsroom appears unusually good at identifying durable companies, even if it isn’t optimized for venture-scale home runs. • Even most VC firms, though, underperform public markets. Local investing has...

Gas prices at the pump have have risen about 50 cents since Trump started his war against Iran, and with tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz all but shut down, they could keep rising. “Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel,” said an Iranian government spokesperson who, of course, has a reason...