On Tech / Investing / Entertainment
Inside the Bizarre, Boozy World of a Junior VC in Silicon Valley
Forget Influencers - The Future is Curators
Everyone’s Wrong About the Streaming Wars
25 Things That Won’t Exist in 25 Years
Misaligned Incentives in Venture Capital
Why it’s Time for Publishers to Offer a Pay-Per-Article Option
Is “Interactive Storytelling” the Future of Media?
Book - Finding Genius: Venture Capital and the Future it is Betting on
The Next Re-bundling will be Multi-media
Peacock has a Different Streaming Strategy
To Build Brand Affinity, Set the Right Expectations
How will Disney+ Grow from Here?
What is Apple’s TV Plus Strategy?
Apple TV+ was an Unusual Launch for Apple
Tech vs. Media: Which TV Streaming Strategy is Better?
The Future of Podcasting is Subscription - Lessons from the History of Media
The TV Subscriptions You’ll Need to Watch Your Favorite Shows
The Future of Car Travel: Advertising & Retail?
The Sci-fi that Inspired Today’s AR/VR Founders
Shame & Commerce: How Tech Changes Consumer Behavior
To Build Brand Affinity, Set the Right Expectations
Using Facial Recognition to Detect Unfaithful Partners
Preserving Privacy in the Age of Facial Recognition
Chatroulette (without the dicks) was the “Healthy” Social Media
Startup Aggregation Opportunities: Order Ahead & Contact Info/Social Graph Hub
First Time Founders: How to Pitch Your Startup to Investors
The Democratization of (Mis)Information
The Tricky Business of Media and Entertainment
(Book Excerpt)
Three Serial LA Entrepreneurs Talk Tech, Pitching to Investors, and More
The Books that Founders Recommend to Fellow Founders
On Life / Personal:
How I Made My First $1,000 on Medium
What to Appreciate Before You’re Rich & Famous
What I Learned Writing for 1 Hour Every Day for 60+ Days
Searching for Community: Combating Loneliness with Interest-Based Clubs
Your Twenties are for Experimenting
How Your Definition of “Friend” Can Impact Your Career
How I Got My Job in Venture Capital - Published in How I Got My Job
I Deleted Every App from My Phone for 30 Days. Here’s What Happened.
Why are email newsletters so popular?
The Two Traits People Judge You by in the Workplace
I Stopped Drinking in Quarantine
How Vincent Van Gogh Helped Lauryn Hill & The Fugees Win a Grammy
A Day in the Life of the Average American
Time of Death (Reflections after a near-death experience)
How Working in Venture Capital is Just Like Working in TV
Why Meditation is More Important Today than Ever Before
Why empathy is more important to being a successful leader than “hustle”