Phin BarnesThe Founder PuzzleA lesson on company building from the man who invented the Rubik’s CubeAug 10, 2022Aug 10, 2022
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCMy choice to do the work: Joining The General PartnershipI’m joining The General PartnershipFeb 23, 20221Feb 23, 20221
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCMeditation on power and insecurityWatching the train wreck of Donald Trump and looking for something to learn from it, I started thinking about power and the way folks…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCNear miss or clear miss?So you missed your metrics — it’s ok. When you lead a startup, you will miss. No one has ever done what you are doing and you have to…Oct 15, 20201Oct 15, 20201
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCThe 3 VC’s you’ll meet on MondayIt’s Friday, and many folks are looking forward to a couple days off the screens that dominate our lives these days — but for a ton of…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCA Small Sign of Big Growth for a CEOIn my house we have a doorway that is covered in pencil marks — they measure my daughter’s height in somewhat random increments from the…Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCChecklist ManifestoOver the last few weeks I have been able to spend time with a bunch of individual investors (aka “solo capitalists”) learning about their…Sep 14, 2020Sep 14, 2020
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCI’m thankful for being perfect and you should be tooPerfect is not a state of being, it is something you achieve for a few moments each day with a strong practice. Be thankful when it…Nov 22, 20191Nov 22, 20191
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCYour old data could be hiding the secret to Product Market FitGrinding to find product market fit is a normal operating paradigm when you start a company. The discontinuous nature of hunting this beast…Aug 28, 2019Aug 28, 2019
Phin BarnesinsneakerheadVCZero zerosThe CEO job is to to get started and go from Zero to one — but quickly it becomes maximizing the product of the complex multiplication…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019