…the secret of Backcasting — “I don’t care, I don’t care, so call me crazy. We can live in a world that we design.” — from the Greatest Showman Marc Andreessen’s call to arms — It’s Time to Build is a powerful manifesto for a more ambitious future. If you haven’t read it already, you…

I was excited to interview Sarah Leary, co-founder of Nextdoor, on the Starting Greatness podcast this week. I’ve known Sarah since the late ‘90s when I tried to recruit her from Harvard Business School to be part of the early team at Motive, where I was a co-founder. …

I thought a lot about who to interview first for Starting Greatness. I decided to go with Andy Rachleff, co-founder of Benchmark Capital and CEO of Wealthfront. Andy has had a front-row seat to startup greatness again and again. From his vantage point as a venture capitalist, Benchmark’s investments have…

Today marks the beginning of the Starting Greatness podcast. Although it’s a new effort, Starting Greatness pulls together things I’ve worked on my whole life. I have built startups since the sixth grade, helped take two public as an operator and founder, and have invested in raw startups since 2005. …

Seed investing has come a long way since its early days as a crazy experiment almost fifteen years ago. I remember regular get-togethers with Josh Kopelman at First Round and Steve Anderson at Baseline. We barely had enough money in those days to even lead a tiny round, but we…

As many of my friends and colleagues have known forever, my favorite human achievement is the NASA moon landing. We managed to send people into outer space and land people on the Moon and bring them back safely in 1969! — before HP had even invented the pocket calculator. I…

TLDR: Daniel Rose, age 15, needs our help ASAP. He has a rare form of leukemia and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, there’s no current match in the National Bone Marrow Registry. Click the link https://tinyurl.com/DonorForDaniel to learn how you might qualify as a potential…

When people describe self-driving cars they tend to focus on the convenience, freedom, and upside opportunities that they bring. However, the chance to make transportation safer could be an even more significant benefit since over 1 million people a year die in cars. …

Almost a decade ago, Ann Miura-Ko and I met with the Yale Endowment team. We were about to present Floodgate. It was early morning. Dark skies with heavy rain and winds greeted us. Then the power went out. Dave Swensen, Yale’s legendary Chief Investment Officer, came early and by himself…