There are so many wonderful cities and places to go to in the world. But it’s interesting which places you end up vibing with. So for example, as much as I enjoy London or Berlin or Barcelona or Amsterdam, these are not places I think I could ever live in…

I was thinking about this as I turned 48 this year. I decided to spend it in Hawaii because why not? You do the regular things like lots of beach and ocean time, shopping and plenty of good eating. But the best thing is the people watching. Hawaii, just like…

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes― Gautama Buddha “Building a global, decentralized computing network is impressive. So is launching a telescope into space that can take pictures of stars from billions of years ago. Innovation…

The reality is that most venture investors and angel investors suck. They suck usually because they are arrogant or think they are smarter than you really are. It does not help that we have gone through a massive boom since 2010 and an even bigger excessive boom from 2020–2021 which…

I have a tween at home and like many other parents experiencing this, it is certainly educational. I’m personally having a hard time adjusting to her growing up. I say things that unintentionally make her mad. And then she says some pretty harsh things to me as only your kid…

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” ― Albert Einstein “Novel infrastructure often enables new software. We refer to each wave by its architecture advance: internet, mobile, cloud, data lake, single-page apps, containers, serverless. At some point, startups tinker enough with the new technology to discover the…

Humans are extreme: this is a fact. Good ideas are taken to its excess and become bad. Take water. We need it to live and thrive. But drink too much and it becomes toxic. This is like many of the great movements, ideas and trends we see. Take two geopolitical…

I recently started volunteering at the SF-Marin Food Bank to help with packing. It’s full of volunteers who show up for a few hours to pack bags of food to give to those who need it. A wonderful community effort that has become one of the highlights of my week…

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ― Robert F. Kennedy The answer is arrogance and naivety. But also not convinced Putin or Xi are winning either. “It was the pandemic era of 2020–22 that broke the spell of a manageable and fixable world. When everyone…