I was asked a question: "Can you teach me some basic financial acumen?" I'm glad they put the word "basic" in because that's probably as much as I know…

March 2021

Mental model for trade-offs between cash required and return timelines, J-Curve
What is the difference between amateurs and professionals? What separates good leaders from greats? While the tactics differ in each industry or…
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The touch interface that powered the new generation of smartphones, started by iPhone was once ridiculed: "That virtual keyboard will be about as useful…

February 2021

Until you make the unconscious, conscious. It'll direct your life, and you'll call it fate. Too often in life, we end up accepting the reality. It's at…
What does it mean to build or create something? Today, when you ask someone in a tech company: "who builds stuff around here?". They would assume you're…

January 2021

You were in the showers and an idea pops to mind 💡, it's a new feature you want to build. Or it's a new flow you want to design. Perhaps a new way to…

December 2020

As long as the quality of feedback is greater than the time you put into building!

April 2020

Summary In today's world of SaaS… Customers win: they are better off because they don't pay upfront Businesses win: more profitable in the long run VCs…

January 2020

Parallels between Starcraft and the business world
As I was reflecting on the start of a new decade, one quote by Naval stuck with me the most: "Money in this business is made by being correct when…

October 2019

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