Balancing Act

Balancing Act

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Divorced from reality
Fundamentals will matter
Sep 10

August 2026

The New Valley
Is this venture backable?
Aug 31
Being legible to capital
Fundraising tips in this 'consensus' market
Aug 26
Everything is downstream of ambition
and why I don't buy the one person billion dollar company
Aug 10

July 2026

Mode Push
Drive doesn't need a troubled childhood
Jul 31
Sanitized Slop
Polish used to signal taste. Now it signals someone's buying something.
Jul 8

June 2026

the Series A squeeze
Valuation is a marker in time
Jun 25
Decisions and Dollars
How application companies survive the "what if Anthropic builds this" question
Jun 12

May 2026

Share your obsession
What actually breaks through when every AI pitch sounds the sam
May 27
The Coddling of the Tech Mind
We built daycares for adults
May 22

April 2026

The Mess Is the Work
The 99.9% just became the whole job
Apr 26
Fear
San Francisco, April 2026
Apr 13
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