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You, Me, and the Algorithm: A Love Story Gone Wrong

You, Me, and the Algorithm: A Love Story Gone W...

You, Me, and the Algorithm: A Love Story Gone Wrong I’ve noticed something strange lately. It’s not political, it’s not generational; it’s behavioral. We’ve all been given access to artificial...

You, Me, and the Algorithm: A Love Story Gone W...

You, Me, and the Algorithm: A Love Story Gone Wrong I’ve noticed something strange lately. It’s not political, it’s not generational; it’s behavioral. We’ve all been given access to artificial...

The Founder Industrial Complex: Why I Almost Stopped Calling Myself One

The Founder Industrial Complex: Why I Almost St...

Here’s the bottom line.I take extreme umbrage—almost embarrassment—in calling myself a “founder.” Not because I don’t love building. Not because I’ve lost faith in innovation. But because somewhere along the...

The Founder Industrial Complex: Why I Almost St...

Here’s the bottom line.I take extreme umbrage—almost embarrassment—in calling myself a “founder.” Not because I don’t love building. Not because I’ve lost faith in innovation. But because somewhere along the...

Where Your Money Comes From Matters

Where Your Money Comes From Matters

Not every investment offer is an opportunity. I learned that when an “investor” bragged about making his fortune through pain management clinics — code for pill mills. It taught me...

Where Your Money Comes From Matters

Not every investment offer is an opportunity. I learned that when an “investor” bragged about making his fortune through pain management clinics — code for pill mills. It taught me...

How I Learned to Stop Explaining Myself

How I Learned to Stop Explaining Myself

Every leader eventually learns this: you can’t control the lens people see you through. You can only keep your light steady. This is a story about learning to hold both...

How I Learned to Stop Explaining Myself

Every leader eventually learns this: you can’t control the lens people see you through. You can only keep your light steady. This is a story about learning to hold both...

Forget Your Warm Intro

Forget Your Warm Intro

Venture Capital Has Become the Habsburg Dynasty of Innovation I feel like I’m standing on the table waving my arms, shouting, “Hey, I’m right here!” But the venture capital world...

Forget Your Warm Intro

Venture Capital Has Become the Habsburg Dynasty of Innovation I feel like I’m standing on the table waving my arms, shouting, “Hey, I’m right here!” But the venture capital world...

Go First: The Art of Just Going for It

Go First: The Art of Just Going for It

My mother tells a story about me from preschool. The class had practiced a spring play for weeks. When the big day came, all the parents were waiting outside and...

Go First: The Art of Just Going for It

My mother tells a story about me from preschool. The class had practiced a spring play for weeks. When the big day came, all the parents were waiting outside and...