“Taking small checks from angel investors often leads to introductions to other investors, resulting in a multiplicative effect, or the “money multiplier.” These angel investors often work in the tech industry and are keen to help startups grow. As a […]
He’s really into it. He equates it to the other breakthrough computing technology of his lifetime, the graphical user interface. ~ learn more
I can’t even try to summarize this. Click through and scan for yourself — it’s in bullet points. If you are not completely floored, write me so we can chat. ~ learn more
Two inventions might start out looking like toys. One might become hugely impactful and change the world, while the other might not. Benedict Evans argues that the argument “well, lots of important things look like toys” is not technically wrong, […]
This a slightly more advanced spin on the idea of a compounding advantage from more data. Tomasz Tunguz now offers a method for that advantage to compound: He highlights a recent paper about Reflexion, “an approach that endows an agent […]
There was once a well reasoned argument for life on mars. But it was built upon faulty information, namely a visual artifact from low-resolution photos. Similarly the large language model draws reasoned conclusions as it best can, but is hampered […]
This resonated with me: “Effectively, this blogpost is dedicated to the investor looking to invest in fund managers who have yet to prove their institutional track record. And just like investing into a pre-seed founder, searching for product-market fit, the […]
“I’ve never seen a growth story like this before—4.5x growth for a mature product, driven by a small handful of product changes, rooted in an innovative growth model, and explained in such actionable detail.” ~ learn more
A paper published by Microsoft Research based on their experiments with an earlier version of GPT-4. If you aren’t into reading papers, that’s ok. Just scroll through and read the chat excerpts in the exhibits. You will be wowed or […]
George is my favorite teacher from undergrad at University of Illinois, where he teaches a class called Financing Emerging Businesses. He’s also the favorite of this podcasting duo, Rohan and Jacob. They interviewed him about his experience running 26 businesses […]