A historical collection of our writing.
I believe that creating a successful consumer product can be attributed to somewhere between 70-90% luck and 10-30% executing against that luck. A lot of things have to go right: timing, product, distribution, zeitgeist, etc. So much of it is stumbling your way into capturing lightning in a bottle […] Read more (opens Jared Hecht in a new tab)
For the past four years my family has spent most of July and August in the Catskills in a town called Accord, NY. We love it there and ended up buying a place here like a lot of Brooklyn transplants did during Covid. Summers are magical up there One of the things I always look […] Read more (opens Jared Hecht in a new tab)
Farcaster added streaks to the protocol a few days ago: And I started one in the /AVC channel . Streaks are a powerful mechanism to bring users back every day. Duolingo and Snap have been very successful using streaks to increase frequency and retention and user value. I have a long history with […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
This will be the last generation of global movie superstars. In the not-too-distant future, everyone will have the tools they need to create a completely AI-generated film that is indistinguishable in quality from a traditional Hollywood movie. This includes the whole shebang: from the main […] Read more (opens Jared Hecht in a new tab)
We believe that the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy will require a significant investment in energy storage and we have been looking for opportunities to invest in safe and abundant energy storage solutions. […] Read more