Free Post Cheatsheet: "AI Superpowers" by Kai-Fu Lee AI research and computer science PhD Kai-Fu Lee who rode every wave of the 90's and 00's breaks down what AI is, what AI businesses need to thrive, and what the criteria for dominance in the 21st century will look like.
Free Post How I transitioned from politics to media entrepreneurship The personal recount of how a young professional working in politics transitioned to becoming an independent media entrepreneur.
Free Post 'First Money In' Podcast, Episode 2: Jay-Z, Stimulus and Buy the dip! 🎵💵📈 💸In this week’s episode of First Money In, your intrepid hosts Jonathan, Brandon, and Muhan upgrade to grown up microphones and cover the financial reckoning in all asset classes since they first launched two weeks ago. Tune in today so you too can play chess, not checkers.
Free Post Cheatsheet: "Too Much and Never Enough" by Mary L. Trump Recommended for Startup Investors?No WhyClinically trained psychologist of the Trump family analyzes four decades of intergenerational trauma to give a portrait of how Donald Trump was made. Great read about the flows of wealth, mindsets of scarcity and abundance, and tangentially relevant to
Free Post 50 startups GURU Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-04-30) Engineer is building Jarvis for real-life engineers. Pre-product, pre-revenue, but with growth opportunity as with all startups.
Free Post Clubhouse Event WED Mar 3, 6 PM PST “Broke” Angel Investing: Making mini bets on early startups, w/ Stefan Djordjevic, Jia Yang, Moe Hakim, Lauren Nham, Max Marchione, Muhan Zhang
Free Post Cheatsheet: "The Ride of a Lifetime" by Bob Iger This was a super fun ride (heh) and incredible crescendo to understanding the CEO who came after Michael Eisner, and turned Disney into the media tech company it is today (as opposed to the resorts/animation rent-seeking/faded glory it was becoming in the late 90's early 00's.)
Free Post 50 startups TransitNet Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-03-04) Former early PayPal employee and team are building title services for crypto holder institutions. Pre-product, pre-revenue.
Free Post 50 startups Worth Network Inc Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-04-30) Team is building a competitor to RAD Technologies. What's interesting is this company is taking 50% of ad spend.
Free Post 50 startups Homeroom Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-04-30) Two tech workers in Brooklyn are planning to build a newsletter/article based professional education service, starting with product managers.
Free Post 50 startups Cloudastructure Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-03-31) Repeat founders are building a cloud based facial recognition/security solution. I worked for a startup in this space in 2015, so color me biased.
Free Post 50 startups Snailz Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-03-01) Husband/wife duo are teaming up to build a marketplace and business management platform for nail salonz. B2B SaaS marketplace, but can they scale fast enough to be venture backable?
Free Post 50 startups AudioCardio Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-05-01) Mobile app is helping people train their hearing. Very positive business, the question is how they can grow to become venture backable.
Free Post 50 startups Drink Monday Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-05-01) Alternative meat industry meats (heh) alcohol—alternative alcohol industry is creating mocktail liquor and going d2c. Doesn't even have to go through Drizly!
Free Post 50 startups Kibbo Deal Memo (Closing Date: 2021-05-01) WeWork for van life has arrived. Former Intersection/Sidewalk Labs alum is starting a network of physical sites for van life participants to get all the benefits of fixed housing and supplies with all the mobility of van life.
