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We’re in a buyer’s market for capital these days, which means that every day I read headlines about how Startup X raised Y million at a Z billion-dollar valuation from Funds A, B, and Tiger Global. It’s very easy for first-time entrepreneurs to read these headlines and think that the most important number is Z, … Continue reading Choosing a VC based on valuation is like hiring the cheapest job candidate
We are now reaching the point in the hype cycle where I am being asked my opinion of Web3 at least three times every day, whether in a virtual event, or when catching up with old friends. In the interest of efficiency, I’m laying out some of my current thinking. You may find it useful. … Continue reading Web3: Be Skeptical, Not Dismissive
The Green Bay Packers, a famous American football team, recently began a stock sale. The Packers are the only publicly-owned franchise in the National Football League, with over 360,000 individual shareholders. This is the sixth stock sale in franchise history, with previous sales occurring in 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997 and 2011. It’s important to note … Continue reading What Green Bay Packers “Stock” Can Teach Us About NFTs
The problem with the Facebook algorithm is that it optimizes for user engagement, without bothering to consider whether that engagement is positive or negative. Content that we find deceptive and/or outrageous causes us (or me at least) to immediately begin typing furious responses, which causes the algorithm to serve up more of that sweet, sweet … Continue reading How To Fix Facebook: Let Us Dislike
In adapting Isaac Asimov’s Foundation to the screen, David Goyer changed the story a lot from the original book. I don’t have any issues with gender flipping characters like Gaal Dornick or Salvor Hardin. I don’t mind the addition of clone emperors (I actually rather like the Cleon story lines). I don’t even mind changing … Continue reading Apple TV+’s Foundation
Spoiler alert! The following notes include the key plot details of Ted Lasso Season 2, Episode 11. Assuming my schedule permits, I plan to use them when helping to lead a Clubhouse discussion on October 3. Midnight Train to Royston Ted: Trains the team to perform a routine to “Bye, Bye, Bye.” When Dr. Sharon … Continue reading Ted Lasso, Season 2 Episode 11: Midnight Train to Royston
I am an information hoarder. When I read interesting or useful things online, I instinctively want to find a way to keep them. In the earliest days of the Internet, I used the bookmarks in my Netscape Navigator browser to keep my stash of web pages. The problem was, this was a terrible solution. Browser … Continue reading Replacing Google Bookmarks with Dokkio
Way back at the end of 2020, I started hearing about a new TV show on, of all places, Apple TV+. The show was based on a series of TV commercials that, frankly, I never thought were very funny. But people were praising “Ted Lasso” so much, I decided to give it a try. Needless … Continue reading Ted Lasso, Season 2, Episode 8: Man City
Since my name has been mentioned in the news in recent days as one of the new investors in Singapore-based Next Gen Foods, I wanted to tell the story of how and why I invested. These days, most of my investing takes place via Blitzscaling Ventures, which has a laser-focused approach of investing in the … Continue reading Personal Investment: Next Gen Foods
The last time I set foot on a plane before last week was on Valentine’s Day 2020. I stepped off a flight from India by way of Dubai. As a sign of how different the world was, I wrote an extended essay about my trip, and never once mentioned Covid-19, or as we referred to … Continue reading On the road again…to Monaco