The Gap Between Early Adopters and Everyone Else Has Gotten Enormous
People inside tech are living years ahead, and it’s easy to invest as if everyone else is there too.
People inside tech are living years ahead, and it’s easy to invest as if everyone else is there too.
I always figured working through August was the edge. This year, the founders and investors I talk to all say the same thing: they need a few weeks to clear their heads.
Too little time with a founder and I couldn’t get to yes; too much and I talked myself out of it.
You can spend a whole career looking for the right room. Sometimes the honest answer is that you have to build it.
Some businesses are structurally broken. Others are just hard. You can’t tell the difference when you’re already in the water.
LA taught me entrepreneurship, Boston how to build a real company, the Bay why talent density wins, and New York the commercial craft.