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Essays

I've had a blog for many, many years. Posts get lost in transition from one platform to another. The most recent platform switch is from Tumblr (which I started using in 2008) to Notion (in October, 2020).

Over time I'll move more and more posts here, but it might take a bit. 🤷

Essays

The tectonic shift happening in regional seed funds
How I built Roam in a day using Notion and then Super-sized it for my personal CMS
Weekly planning and productivity for startup founders
The three things we ask of our founders
The first year
On cold emails
Why your product backlog is a dumpster fire (or, why completeness and correctness are the antithesis to a good backlog)
Business strategies hidden in plain sight: Speed as a defensible strategy
Separation Week and the Formula for Success
The Rabbi Test
Work output * Strategy * Luck = Success