PinnedIaninCantos VenturesThe Unified Theory of Enterprise Value & Tech InvestingOn more pensive days, which have been abundant of late, I feel a sort of odd camaraderie with the late Stephen Hawking in his quixotic…8 min read·Jun 10, 2020--2--2
IanMultiple ProgressionThe thing I’ve said to founders most frequently in 2022 is “flat is the new 2x,” but a close second is “look up ‘multiple compression’.” As…3 min read·Dec 9, 2022--1--1
IaninCantos VenturesFull-Stack Deep TechWhy you should sell products, not technology5 min read·Jun 16, 2022--1--1
IaninCantos VenturesA Financial Argument for Deep TechI’m going to make some claims about “deep tech” so let’s start off by acknowledging that term is fairly subjective. Here’s how we define it…8 min read·Feb 22, 2022--6--6
IanWhat Music City Taught Me about Venture CapitalWhy founders are musicians with different instruments and how coming from Nashville gave me an edge in VC3 min read·May 14, 2018--2--2
IanWhat Price Glory? (Part 2): Announcing Cantos VenturesI’ve been waiting to share something with you…2 min read·Jun 13, 2016----
IaninHackerNoon.comMy Seed Investing Source CodeA note on what follows: As I take what’s been a five-year night-job full-time I’m putting pen to pixel in an attempt to articulate my lens…11 min read·May 2, 2016--4--4
IanWhat price glory? (Part 1)A veteran investor reveals his (cryptic) litmus test1 min read·Mar 11, 2015----
IanThink You’ve Lost It? Good.A much-admired, huge round-raising entrepreneur admits he often feels insane.1 min read·Mar 21, 2014----
IanA Firm’s FragmentationA news-making, retired fund co-founder decried the fund’s current fragmentation.1 min read·Mar 21, 2014----
