Abie Cohen

A thought about careers: As I think about the careers of some close friends I admire as well as my own path: Some of the boldest and most rewarding career moves I’ve seen friends make were among the most misunderstood - true orthogonal head-scratchers. And yet, some of these folks built companies or took on leadership positions that ultimately chan... See more

To me, the message is: treat people well and share your fortunes generously. I think that’s the only way to feel true happiness from success.

We recognize that real growth is driven by innovators building at the fundamental substrate of our economy — the physical world.

Ambitious startups will need a high value wedge and the product velocity to expand quickly, create innovative data loops, and establish themselves as a core user operating system or “system of intelligence”.

Ambitious startups will need a high value wedge and the product velocity to expand quickly, create innovative data loops, and establish themselves as a core user operating system or “system of intelligence”.

The hardest part about being in a leadership position in a company is it requires this constant calibration of arrogance and humility. The arrogance to believe that we are going to build a more sublime internet but also the humility to know that there are many things that we will be wrong about. And it's hard because it's often not clear at what po... See more

Economic Lessons from the Last Few Singularities

One of John von Neumann's absurdly varied contributions to human knowledge was the idea of a technological singularity, i.e. a point at which advances in technology and economic growth happen at such a fast pace that prediction is impossible. This doesn't mean it's the end of history, and in fact mean... See more