profiles of people

The search for opportunity.

“Michael Aubrey shares his unconventional path—from investment banking to his family’s parking business—before using a search fund to acquire StatLab Medical Products. He discusses the challenges of entrepreneurship, including nearly running out of capital, and lessons from scaling businesses.” ~ […]

on the blockchain

More praise for zkTLS.

“zkTLS is the first crypto-native technology that’s actually onboarding the masses, and I think it’s still wildly underrated.” ~ learn more

big ideas

Age of anomalies.

“The civilization that prevails in this century will be the one that most effectively converts crisis into a catalyst for transformation. These catalysts are not to be found among the comforting certainties of consensus.” ~ learn more

better doing

What coachability isn’t.

“Over the years as an investor, I’ve seen a fair share of founders who are coachable and not coachable. In today’s post, I’ll take you behind curtain of one such occasion of what coachability doesn’t look like.” ~ learn more

better doing

Hire people who give a shit.

“While it is not guaranteed that someone who gives shit will do great work, it is guaranteed that they will not do good work if they do not give a shit.” ~ learn more

fun facts

Fire Island: new urbanist paradise or NIMBY success?

“On its face, Fire Island is a “New Urbanist” paradise. It’s left me with no doubt that walkable mixed-use neighborhoods3 are incredible, especially ones like Fire Island which have banned cars. But it’s also deeply conservative in many ways: highly […]

fun facts

The ‘largest illicit online marketplace’ ever.

“Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in transactions.” ~ learn more