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Photography of Dwarkesh Patel reading

The future belongs to those who prepare like Dwarkesh Patel

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Carolynn Levy, inventor of the SAFE

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Carolynn Levy, inventor of the SAFE

Levy shares how she wrote the five-page document that underpins much of early-stage venture capital today.

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Charles Hudson is optimistic about outliers

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Charles Hudson is optimistic about outliers

Find out how one investor finds success in the margins.

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Ryan Hoover errs on the side of curiosity

How the founder and investor’s inquisitive nature charts his course.

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Love bug: the limits of AI companionship

Love bug: the limits of AI companionship

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Messy road to AI implementation | Meridian

The messy road to AI implementation

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The origins of startup operating norms

Ruminations on the roots of 20% time, hackathons, and building in public.

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Sam Altman’s Silicon statecraft

Making sense of the OpenAI CEO’s $7 trillion plan for AI.

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Misadventures in DAO incorporation

Misadventures in DAO incorporation

Wyoming’s Bill 38 lets DAOs incorporate as LLCs. But not everyone thinks the legislation is right for them.

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Lessons from a failed Jupiter probe

Lessons from a failed Jupiter probe

A 1991 Jupiter mission that went awry shows us that what makes a moonshot a success isn’t always landing on the moon.

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Jason Rosenthal, behind Lytro's pivot

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Jason Rosenthal, behind Lytro’s pivot

How this founder saved his company from bankruptcy and later sold it to Google.

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Avoid pivot whiplash with Elizabeth Yin

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Avoid pivot whiplash with Elizabeth Yin

The investor shares how early-stage startups can stay lean and pivot, while avoiding whiplash.

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Naj Austin pivots with a mission

This founder’s pivots online, then offline, then hybrid helped her fine-tune her mission.

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Michelle Hyun Kim

Why Visakan is pivoting to Youtube

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Why Visakan is pivoting to Youtube

The creator already has a cult following on Twitter. He’s still betting on YouTube for the future of his career.

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What fake moonshots do to us

Crypto altcoins and trying to go to the moon are two very different things; not all bets are created the same.

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Excerpt: "Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall

Excerpt: “Loonshots” by Safi Bahcall

From Bahcall’s book Loonshots: How do we create environments that nurture loonshots?

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