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China’s productivity has surged by about 340% since 2005.
On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mike Schroepfer of Gigascale Capital Shashank Saxena of Sierra Ventures Ryan Delk of Primer We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.
When prices rise, money's value melts away. See how inflation could shrink the value of $100 by the end of 2025 in the hardest-hit countries.
Explore which countries have the most data centers in 2025, revealing the global balance of digital infrastructure and data storage capacity.
Texas, Florida, and California lead the nation in attracting new residents.
Jyoti Bansal is the co-founder and CEO of Harness, the software delivery platform used by thousands of engineering teams, and previously founded AppDynamics, which he led from inception to a multibillion-dollar acquisition by Cisco. In this ep...
The record 43-day government shutdown stalled billions in U.S. spending. Here’s a breakdown of the financial impact.
Based on data from the World Trade Organization, which countries have the highest and lowest number of trade agreements?
The U.S. and Europe hold over 60% of global gold reserves.
If you’re running a tech community of any scale, you have to build around a
certain reality:
Only a few people, founders or investors, will achieve breakout success.
And the majority of the people who RSVP to anything — no matter how curated
you think it is — are aspirational.
Not bad. Not unworthy.
It’s just not mathematically likely to happen for them—it being a huge exit
or IPO.
You have to design around this. That doesn’t mean you try to cut out the
aspirational folks—you just need to figure out ways to scale appropriate
accessibility.
After an increase in free float, which is the number of publicly-traded company shares, stock prices tend to rise the next month.
China leads with 35% of global planned projects.
World debt stands at $111 trillion in 2025. We show the countries with the greatest debt burden overall in a precarious climate.
Which university has had the most alumni become entrepreneurs in the last decade? Hint: its not Stanford or Harvard.
Jacob Effron of Redpoint joins Nick to discuss How Model Progress Shifts the Goalposts, Why The Death of Software Is Overstated, and How to Diligence Hypergrowth Without Getting Burned. In this episode we cover: Investing in AI and Vertical Applications Model Layer Advancements and Future Milestones Challenges and Opportunities in Agentic AI Investing in Tooling and Middleware Product Market Fit and Defensibility in AI Applications Verticals with Real Product Market Fit The Evolution of AI Investing Metrics Future Trends in AI and Robotics Guest Links: Jacob's LinkedIn Jacob's X Redpoint's LinkedIn Redpoint's Website The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. We're proud to partner with Ramp, the modern finance automation platform. Book a demo and get $150—no strings attached. Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social. You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our LinkedIn and Twitter.
This epic visual timeline attempts to plot the world's biggest empires throughout history, and how they are all connected.
From Brazil to Cambodia, we show the countries with the greatest scale of forest loss over the past decade.
Population change in North America shows southern and western U.S. cities like Charlotte and Houston booming along with Canadian cities.
See which states are the most and least religious in the U.S., from New England's low levels to the South's high rates reaching 50%.
Discover the countries that eat the most meat per capita, based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.



