Sam Gerstenzang

The difference between hard things and impossible things

I’ve recently been talking to a number of people about ideas for the future. I’ve been surprised by how strong an inclination there is to shy away from hard things, ie schlep blindness.

Founder Friendly? No thanks

The trend within the venture community over the last decade or so has been the notion of “founder friendly” — supporting your founders through thick and thin.

It arose out of a FOMF (Fear Of Missing Facebook): when Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg passed over…

Perfect Storm: the next-generation weather company

I have a suspicion that there’s a new enterprise weather company to be built. To be completely honest, I don’t know very much about weather. I started reading and asking questions a few months ago. But last time I tried this, I met some great…

The Questions You Must Not Answer

There are some answers that aren’t worth knowing. At least not right now. It might take too much effort to find. The question might be wrong. The world might change. It might be unknowable.