Sam GerstenzangLessons to my younger self (and other young people today)One of the challenges of being young is you don’t know what excellence looks like — you just don’t have the reps to know. So you should…Jan 1, 2019Jan 1, 2019
Sam GerstenzangWhat we’re building at UmbrellaWe want to tell you about three trends that are changing America today.Sep 2, 2018Sep 2, 2018
Sam GerstenzangBig E versus Little e entrepreneurship: the death of the hot dog standIn geographical space, you can open a hot dog stand with a relatively undifferentiated product, at least compared to other hot dog stands…Mar 21, 20181Mar 21, 20181
Sam Gerstenzang17 lessons I learned in 20172017 ended up being a year of tremendous growth, after what I now realize was a year of terrifying stagnation.Dec 31, 20176Dec 31, 20176
Sam GerstenzangWhy we didn’t start a software companyThere was a time when hardware was the business, and software was the thing that came free. The idea that you could charge money for bits…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Sam GerstenzangFounder Friendly? No thanksThe trend within the venture community over the last decade or so has been the notion of “founder friendly” — supporting your founders…Aug 12, 20172Aug 12, 20172
Sam GerstenzangPerfect Storm: the next-generation weather companyI 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…Jul 12, 20171Jul 12, 20171
Sam GerstenzangThe Questions You Must Not AnswerThere 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…Jul 10, 20171Jul 10, 20171
Sam GerstenzangSilicon Valley’s Original Sin: The Traitorous EightSilicon Valley’s original sin was an act of betrayal. Eight employees left Shockley Semiconductor to found their own company, and William…Jul 5, 20173Jul 5, 20173
Sam GerstenzangWhen bandwidth became free, mobile editionOne of the most remarkable parts of Snap’s S-1 (see my larger analysis here) was the explicit decision to not pursue the ‘lite’ strategy…May 29, 2017May 29, 2017