If you don’t know who Chris Lighty is, that’s ok. Chris was the business manager for most of the large names you would have heard of coming out of the HipHop scene from the late 90’s early 00’s. He was known for his incredible work ethic. The thing is, no one would have known about it if it weren’t for this one moment. There was a point he was
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Technology, Data, and Organizational Growth
The Blog
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Directionality of AI
I had a discussion with a friend over the weekend about AI. There are some assumptions about the value it adds and I wanted to address one of these in particular. The reality is that it’s not going to remove jobs so much as it will
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Technology Business or Technology Enabled Business?
Over the past few years I’ve had to rethink my understanding of the underlying finances of a business. This is necessary when developing your investment thesis. FinTech is a good example. If you look at the trajectory it shows what people are discovering. A NeoBank that was treated as a
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Extractors and Fillers
Steven Freidkin posted about the tension you find from being in the privileged place of being good at solving problems that also counterintuitively will bring you more problems to solve.
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Empty Space
How redlined are you?
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Empty space is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. Some call it shower time, I think in terms of social gears where this is gear 1. It’s a big deal. It’s in those moments that your brain is able to -
Robot Overlords Are Coming
The other day my app that manages my keyboard had a new button show up for an ai prompt builder. So now my keyboard has ai. 🤦♂️
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TPG and Ntiva
I started with The Purple Guys late last year knowing that our previous PE partner was towards the end of their hold time. That can make some people nervous, but all I’m seeing is greater opportunity invest in others and
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Desk Setup
I love the pics insta sends my fees of really slick desk setups. Would love to be one of those people with the really nice desk setup. The thing is
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Automate the Intern Tasks
I’m running an experiment this year. Anytime there is something that is simple and might be delegated, I see if it can be automated by tech instead of given to an intern.
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Capitalize on the Tools
I’ve been thinking about AI a little more lately after some recent conversations. Since OpenAI launched ChatpGPT, it’s arguably taken more investment dollars relative to the return than any other investment vertical in history.
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There’s a lot of buzz around it. Buzz is fine and value is better. I’ve spent the past several months working within a few AI driven tools and here’s the thing i’ve found.