#Careerdevelopment

Threat / problem / opportunity list

Content list for entrepreneurs & startup people

Investing themes list

Posts

Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Cyber warfare
Daily body abuse (earbuds, noise, phone-submission-posture, air pollution, sitting)
Fragile cloud infrastructures
Fragile financial infrastructures
Fragile water, power, communication infrastructures
Microbiome neglect
Nuclear terror
Pandemics (human-driven)
Pandemics (human-made)
Scientific ignorance in the US
Technology addiction
Unhealthy work environments
We are not prepared for the ethical choices technology poses for humanity

Every threat / problem is an opportunity. If you work on something that you and other people find meaningful, lots of things become easier (e.g., creativity, recruiting and retention, selling).

Venture / Startup Data

Read the above first. I refer to and recommend them all the time.

Experts & resources 1

Aswath Damarodan (Hardcore valuation methods)
Daniel Kanheman (Human behavior)
Howard Hubbard (How to measure anything)
Greg McKeown (Setting priorities, managing your time capital)
J. Glenn Brookshear (Computer science: an overview)
Joel Spolsky (Making software)
Jonathan Toomey (Using numbers to solve problems)

Cloud infrastructure
Bitcoin, blockchain
Data analysis
Ethical apparel
Fintech
Health tech
Liberation technologies
Marketplaces for good
Mobile business apps
Privacy management
Security
Sensory enhancement
Social impact

We tend to pursue markets that are big today and trending towards huge b/c they will likely be defining dimensions of our future world.

Experts & resources 2

Blog includes articles, postings, emails sent to founders, emails sent to people re career advice

The power of a plan & opportunity pipeline, the power of not having a plan & opportunity pip

Having a clear strategy, methodical plan and line of site to a diversified opportunity set that you feel confident in will change...

Careers (pursuing what you connect with), HR as a market, Investors and market selection

I always suggest that talented people like you pursue the role and market they truly connect with. Regardless of whether it's HR,...

Career wisdom from Diane Von Furstenberg

Diane Von Furstenberg shares her wisdom on careers and life and the dynamic between them --> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/business/d...

Knowing yourself, mapping careers to that as the starting point, trying, networking, Michael Jordan&

I meet with a lot of young people, and a surprising number of mid career people, and all I can say is that what I've learned is that the...

The long-view, gatekeepers become irrelevant (as irrelevant as they already are ;)

If you know yourself (and this evolves over time), own it, and map that to careers and roles, in the short run, pretty much everyone...

Insights from First Round Capital's LP Letter

Insights from CoVenture's LP Letter

Changing SaaS valuations

The Benefits of IPOs & Costs of Their Absence per Mark Cuban

Worth building liquid reserves as illiquidity increases

The backdrop to everything & what we prioritize

Pandemics -- "where the urgent has crowded out the profoundly important" -- Larry Summers

Building sound businesses doesn't go out of style

Paul Graham of YC on priorities

"Why ultimately am I doing this?" is a question sometimes overlooked

Contact

Thank you for getting in touch. I prioritize ventures I've already committed to. So it could take a while before I reply. I budget time to give back (free advice and helping others). Eventhough I thoroughly enjoy helping people, I stick to that budget. This website is an attempt to scale my advice giving capacity. I charge companies that can afford it for advice, consulting, help, work product, etc. and am available for consulting.