People Over Logos
On founder-market fit and aptness over novelty.
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The Cofounder-First Thesis
Why the “idea maze” starts with who, not what.
How to Evaluate Early-Stage Startups: The Pattern Breakers Framework
One of the clearest frameworks I’ve seen for evaluating early-stage businesses.
The Unicorn Benchmark Is Dated
When your life-changing exit doesn’t put a dent in your investor’s fund, incentives misalign fast.
Eval-Driven Development
AI systems don’t fail because they’re dumb, they fail because we never define “good.”
Open AI Founders Table Dinner, SF Edition
The topic was on evals, something that’s come up again and again in conversations with founders building AI products lately.