Writing

I got the new Pixel 4 XL and am in the process of copying over all of my data and apps and other stuff. Apple and Google make it so easy these days to sync a new phone with an [...]  Read more

In this video, Juan Benet talks about how Web3 is coming together and what Filecoin’s role in it will be. Read more

Twitter Banning Political Ads: Woke but Wrong Twitter is banning political ads . This is Jack sticking it to Mark while the latter is on the ropes in a one-two punch including a jab against Libra . This mast feel [...]  Read more

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.org ) has been fighting for and helping to protect our online rights for twenty-eight years. Their primary focus areas are online privacy and free speech. They spend about $12mm a year on legal interventions and [...]  Read more

Finding connection can come in a lot of forms — at work, among friends, or in other communities you’re a part of. Yesterday, I took an hour-long walk around the park with a peer in the venture industry. We spoke about the complexities [...]  Read more

I’ve been wanting to say something like this here at AVC for several years and have held back for a host of reasons, mostly because it’s a sensitive topic and it would be misunderstood. But after watching Obama say this, [...]  Read more

A question I get quite frequently is “What makes a good leader?” One of the most important aspects of a good leader is that they have values. This may at first sound noncontroversial, but we are surrounded today by leaders who [...]  Read more

Pacing in a VC fund context is how much capital the firm is investing in a given period and tracking that over time. I don’t think a VC firm should manage to a pacing number. It should manage to the [...]  Read more