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If I were an NFL owner here is what I would think about the players’ choice to #takeaknee

Walk The Ridiculous Path

My New Calendar System

Trust your own mind

VC/Founder partnerships and the cycle of destructive deduction and creative induction

I did not see the image in that way — for me it is a strong image of a woman emerging from the…

The one startup debt you can’t pay back

I am suggesting both is the best answer — not do one over the other.

Different symptom. Same disease.

Stock options vs career options

A length of rope

Great cultures are legible, not transparent

shhhh

Ode to the VC who passed

Disappointment

Matters of Narrative

Good point.

Fire fighting and company building

If it ain’t broke, keep digging

Who is the CEO?

Celebrate small wins

Grade Inflation

The point about making time to be helpful is right on and one great way to do this is meeting…

The fear is real. I listen.

Work on the company, not in the company

I’m sorry, I can’t

Truth or Victory

Rollercoaster meetings

Luck and my practice of venture capital

Good investor communication is like a management 1-on-1

What are we NOT going to do

Trump Cards and Crossing Lines

Mental framing and word choice

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