Abie Cohen

The world doesn’t reward the people with the best ideas. It rewards the people who are best at communicating ideas. Want to publish a bestseller or launch a startup? Want to spread your ideas across the Internet like schmear on a New York bagel? Then become a better writer .

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... See more

Weird is interesting . My friend Jared recently joined Union Square Ventures as a venture partner and wrote a short essay about the consumer applications we should be looking for in the age of AI - and how likely they are to appear “weird” at first glance. Indeed, new social paradigms that consume our psyche tend to appear strange when we first use... See more

This has a significant impact on the competitive advantages of a firm in the market as it scales. When party rounds were the standard course for smaller seed firms, connections were the scarce skill set, enabling access to deals led by other reputable firms. As these funds have become larger and rounds have become increasingly tighter, conviction... See more