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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
How a psychological shift in wealth creation, risk/reward appreciation, and There Is No Alternative will lead to investors bidding farther out on the…
Jul 25, 2022 • 
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Full-Stack Deep Tech Startups & AI Value Capture
On building full-stack companies at a time when many are loudly doubting startups capturing value in AI
Sep 5, 2023 • 
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Speculative Bubbles in the 21st Century & Asymmetric Upside
How to approach novel market behaviors and asset classes in a parabolic world & why neither are slowing down anytime soon
Sep 20, 2021 • 
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Speculative Bubbles in the 21st Century & Asymmetric Upside
Boredom, Chaos, & the Experimental Curve
As society turns and low activation energy and short-term boredom meets experimentation, will more chaos emerge?
Jan 29 • 
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Boredom, Chaos, & the Experimental Curve
The First 40 Months
Why founders should precisely understand what milestones are needed through their first two rounds of fundraising instead of sprinting from round to…
May 19 • 
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Narrative Cycles & Conviction in Technology
What tracking changes in narratives tells us about conviction, depth, and emotions during times of exuberance and volatility
Mar 6, 2023 • 
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Narrative Cycles & Conviction in Technology
Thin Layers of AI, Thick Layers of Personality
Utilizing opinionated product and personality to build compounding advantages at the application layer in AI
May 8, 2023 • 
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Thin Layers of AI, Thick Layers of Personality
Advancing Equity Compensation & The War For Talent
A data-driven proposal for advancing the frontier of equity compensation at startups in today's increasingly competitive talent market
Aug 11, 2021 • 
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Advancing Equity Compensation & The War For Talent
On My Mind - #7
Here's my investment memo template
Sep 16, 2019 • 
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In-Distribution vs. Out-of-Distribution Ideas
Why ideas matter and how AI models allow us to litigate novelty, creativity, complexity, and depth of ideas and life
Oct 8, 2024 • 
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The End of Narrative-Only Deep Tech Companies
Why narratives are no longer king, how commercialization expectations are changing, and what deep tech founders should do in 2023
Nov 29, 2022 • 
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The End of Narrative-Only Deep Tech Companies
Signal vs. Noise, Market Efficiency, & Evolving Alpha
Thoughts on parsing signal and noise in investing and the evolution of Alpha
Sep 27, 2024 • 
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