Abie Cohen
@abejcohen
Abie Cohen
The Spark and The Flame
bvp.com
On being an entrepreneur
Turning Towards Elders
For most of my life, I’ve kept older men at a distance. More recently, that distance extended to master coaches, teachers, and practitioners—those 10, 20, even 30 years ahead of me. I admired them, but I couldn’t let them in. There was fear in it. Fear of being judged, of not measuring up, of being exposed in ways I couldn’t... See more
For most of my life, I’ve kept older men at a distance. More recently, that distance extended to master coaches, teachers, and practitioners—those 10, 20, even 30 years ahead of me. I admired them, but I couldn’t let them in. There was fear in it. Fear of being judged, of not measuring up, of being exposed in ways I couldn’t... See more
Consumerization of software theme
Social as a model works when people have about as much to offer as they want to receive along a given axis. But no trait is distributed uniformly; there are are outliers in the nice-to-look-at, nice-to-listen-to, nice-to-read, nice-to-get-stock-tips from axes, there's a population that can offer a respectable performance with these traits, and... See more
Is "Social" an Enduring Category or Just a Phase?
On the death of social media
Noah Smith on Why China is Primed for Economic Carnage Worse Than the 2008 US Financial Crisis
Econ 102 with Noah Smithsubstack.com
That’s the fun thing about getting to be alive right now. If you’re open and curious, you’ll be able to do more, and learn more about yourself, than has ever been possible.
Packy McCormick • Most Human Wins
the white pill—used to describe those who look at the challenges of our day and feel instinctively that moments of change can be moments of possibility. Their feelings and actions are rooted in hope.
So, as a builder, you must learn to gain confidence from doubt. And you must remember, nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means.