Writing

I wrote recently about the challenge of turning plans into routines .  One of the activities that is the most impactful for me is meditation.  I cannot say that I have a perfect meditation routine, but I can absolutely say [...]  Read more

I like this blog to come out in the morning east coast time. I am a big fan of a routine, a ritual, a cadence. That is partly why I blog every day, and that is why I like the [...]  Read more

I got an email from the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. It asked a very basic question, but one that I don’t recall being asked before: I need to know if any of your LPs include  [...]  Read more

Fortune recently did a big profile on Brian Armstrong , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase and in concert with that, they made this video featuring Brian and Emilie Choi , who leads corp dev, M&A, and a [...]  Read more

I am spending the day today at a mediation regarding the accident two years ago where my wife’s parents were hit by a truck while crossing the street. The past two years have been both difficult and wonderful.  Wonderful in [...]  Read more

I heard about a cool program that helps NYC tech companies build more diverse teams. It is called Winternships. The program is run by a group called WiTNY (Women in Tech and Entrepreneurship in NY) which is a three year-old [...]  Read more

Motion Photos is a feature available on Google’s Pixel Phones. It captures a bit of video as you are taking a photo. I’ve always wondered how to share those photos with the motion in them, which you can’t do when [...]  Read more

The last time we were in Japan, six years ago, using Google Maps was pretty frustrating. We didn’t understand the Japanese language and addresses made no sense to us. We got lost multiple times a day and often had to [...]  Read more