Writing

Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1768, The Royal Academy in London decided to hold an annual exhibition of “paintings, sculpture, and design” that would be “open to all artists of distinguished merit” and so began the summer exhibition. [...]  Read more

It can be exhausting to try and stay caught up on every new tech company being started. The Gotham Gal said me to yesterday, “everyone is an entrepreneur these days.” She’s right about that directionally although most companies have employees [...]  Read more

It is fathers day today. And I thought I’d write a bit about something that is really bothering me. I’ve come to terms with a lot of what is going on in the US federal government and our political system. [...]  Read more

I wrote about Ether’s big day yesterday . In this podcast, Laura Shin and Coinbase’s Adam White , who runs the institutional business there, talk about the Ether news and Coinbase’s institutional business. It’s a quick 20min listen. Read more

Yesterday, a top official from the SEC said what many of us in crypto land had been wanting to hear from the SEC for the last year: According to Bloomberg : “Putting aside the fundraising that accompanied the creation of [...]  Read more

In yesterday’s post , which seemed to touch a nerve, something I certainly seek to do from time to time, I mentioned the “talent organizations” of our portfolio companies. These are the people who help a founder/CEO build and lead [...]  Read more

I am a fan of looking at something from all sides and understanding how each side thinks about it. Consider a neighborhood school. There are students, parents, teachers, administrators, non-teaching staff, taxpayers, the community, homeowners (whose home value is impacted [...]  Read more