Writing

Over the last decade, the costs of scaling a company in the bay area, NYC, and many other startup regions in the US has escalated sharply. We have encouraged our portfolio companies that are located in these high cost regions [...]  Read more

I wrote a post last year called The Heartbeat in which I advocated for a cadence and a rhythm in an organization. I was reminded of that in this exchange on Twitter over the last 24 hours: I am a [...]  Read more

Earlier this week, Kara Swisher interviewed Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker , who run NYU’s AI Now Institute . It is an interesting and thought provoking discussion. I don’t personally love Kate and Meredith’s answers on how society should be [...]  Read more

I am not a fan of Orthodoxy. I appreciate the power of religion although I am not religious personally. I respect the followers of Allah, Jesus, Moses, Buddha, and other religious figures. I know that the beliefs of religious people [...]  Read more

Here in NYC, we are about halfway into a 10-year effort to get computer science classes into every public school building in NYC . We are already seeing significant impact and outcomes . Most of the students taking CS classes [...]  Read more

Yesterday morning, in raw, windy, 30 degree weather in NYC, I took a walk up the Highline to Hudson Yards. As I made the turn west at 29th street, I saw The Shed emerge through the tall buildings. The Shed [...]  Read more

We just packed up an Airbnb that we have been living in for three months in Los Angeles and are heading back east. This is a photo of my carry on luggage as I was packing it this morning. That [...]  Read more

As I mentioned last week, at the start of this interview Laura Shin plays a bit of my “rant” about Ethereum losing it’s lead. Vitalik, as is his nature, calmly reacts to it and rebuts it. The entire interview is [...]  Read more