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Good Design is Good Business
How walking through London and Paris reminded me that design matters everywhere.
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The Joy of Missing Out
What Portugal, a Potato Vendor, and a Week of Adventure Taught Me About Patience and Persistence
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The Art of Mentorship in Seed Investing
Early-stage leverage isn’t found on cap tables. It’s built in the relationship.
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The Paper Tigers of Venture Capital
In venture, conviction isn't what you say, it's what you do when the market dips.
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May 2025

The Return of Taste: Why Consumer Investing Is Back and Smarter Than Ever
Why recent funding rounds like David Protein ($725M), Grüns ($500M), and exits like Rhode ($1B) and Poppi ($1.65B) mark a new era of profitable…
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The Cardinal Sin: Hiding Bad News
Why Biden's Cancer Diagnosis Offers a Lethal Lesson for Founders
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DPI: The Best Birthday Present a VC Could Ask For
Reflecting on the quiet joy of delivering real capital back to our investors
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The Mothers Behind Every Great Founder
The Unsung Investors in Human Potential
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The Discipline of Liquidity
In an era of extended holding periods and oversubscribed rounds, secondaries aren’t a hedge, they’re a fiduciary tool.
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What Star Wars Taught Me About Watching My Daughter Grow Up
A Father's Transition to the Obi-Wan Phase
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The 12,000 Leaky Bottles That Built a $600M Brand
Kat Cole’s Customer Obsession Playbook
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April 2025

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