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What I Learned at Clubhouse 📓
After 2 years at Clubhouse, I’ve taken away many personal lessons on how to build and scale startups — especially products, communities, and teams — and…
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Unbundling Cash & Equity
a heretical take on "total compensation"
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Define the Game
I grew up playing tennis with my sister at the public courts near home. For a long time, I just cherished the joy of playing and watching the careers of…
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Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business
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The Generational Business Trap
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Ritual Social
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Collective Experiences
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The Revival of Consumer Social 📈
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Trophy Jobs
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. Similarly…
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The Generational Business Trap
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
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Anxiety, Agency, & Ikigai in the Age of AI
In the age of AI, where do I fit in? It’s a conversation permeating dinners, group chats, and honest online discourse.
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Product vs. Production
HQ Trivia, TikTok Trivia, & the not-so-subtle art of creating compelling live media.
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Collective Experiences
On the value of creating shared context in the age of personalized, on-demand media.
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Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business
In 2023, we’ll see more Silicon Valley startups that operate like small businesses. And some of them will have big outcomes. Perhaps even billion-dollar…
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Ritual Social
In consumer social, rituals have been likened to just a feature, a mechanic, or a new entry strategy. They haven’t been celebrated as the main thing…
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