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My choice to do the work: Joining The General Partnership

Meditation on power and insecurity

Watching the train wreck of Donald Trump and looking for something to learn from it, I started thinking about power and the way folks change when they get it. I’m not making any excuses for anyone, but folks with power — investors, CEOs, influencers etc — can look in…

Near 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…

The 3 VC’s you’ll meet on Monday

It’s Friday, and many folks are looking forward to a couple days off the screens that dominate our…

A Small Sign of Big Growth for a CEO

In my house we have a doorway that is covered in pencil marks — they measure my daughter’s…

Checklist Manifesto

Over the last few weeks I have been able to spend time with a bunch of individual investors (aka “solo capitalists”)…

I’m thankful for being perfect and you should be too

Your old data could be hiding the secret to Product Market Fit