Clay’s Thoughts

The next evolution of software is already here

“I tell my father’s story of the gambler who lost regularly. One day he hears about a race with only one horse in it, so he bet the rent…

The Events of March 2020 Will Have Long-Reaching Effects

Predicting how the global event of our lifetimes will reshape our future

Distorted information from one end of a supply chain to the other can lead to considerable inefficiencies, causing businesses millions in…

Hysteria → hunkering down → loss of liquidity

In the largest move by Wall Street since the Financial Crisis, Morgan Stanley announced it was purchasing E*Trade for $13 billion in a…

Competing for attention in a preoccupied world

Analyzing the landscape of companies applying for accelerator and micro VC funding

Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities of Diminishing Lines of Code

Plaid was bought by Visa last week for $5.3 billion.

Everybody is a content machine

Automation Won’t Affect Those That Adapt

This past week marked the end of 2019 and the beginning of a new decade. I am just now getting back to work after taking the better part…

Earlier this week, the clock struck midnight on the 2010s, and the new decade began. Within financial services, the 2010s marked a…

Over the past half year, I have had the luxury of being able to read a lot to better understand market trends and improve myself as an…

For many, this week was the last full work week of the year. Although I will probably work remote most of this week and next, I will still…

I knew that I wanted to break into venture capital while I was still an undergrad. Before graduating, I had spent some time sourcing for…

Saudi Aramco went public this week, becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world in the process. The graph below shows…

This month marked six months at my current role. It’s crazy looking back to see how much I’ve learned and changed in such a short time…

Quick Updates

It is no secret that world of finance is headed towards a future that is drastically less labor intensive than it is today. It seems like…

I am a long-term Bitcoin bull. To be fair in an attempt to be unbiased, my opinions up to this point have not been all right, and I have…

I still have not experienced full-time work during the holiday season, and frankly I’m not sure what to expect. It seems like everybody…