Ideas I want to write about

Gall’s Law:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.

a16z is positioning itself to manufacture the conditions under which outcomes occur —through media, markets, talent pipelines, political alignment, and institutional influence.

increasing market penetration , which comes from making the brand easy to think of (mental availability) and easy to buy (physical availability)

Who does your business work for? If your only goal is profit, then it seems to serve only one group — the shareholders. But they’re only a part of the ecosystems your business belongs to.

Every company — big or small — serves six stakeholder groups:

1. Customers


2. Employees


3. Shareholders


4. Business partners


5. Society


6. Regulators

And they’re all equally important.... See more

Magritte's work feels like permission to get weird, to surrender to fantasy, to wear fewer clothes—or no clothes at all—to experiment, flirt, be curious, and get a little unhinged. It is a time to mingle with the mythical creatures that exist in perpetual summer, unicorns and nymphs endlessly trapped in a lush dreamscape. And doesn't summer always... See more

doesn't reality always feel a bit tenuous in summer? The way the days lose structure, how they blend into one another, how time moves in funny ways.

Their genius? Converting intellectual positions into market arbitrage while wielding (and often owning) digital megaphones to reshape the very reality their investments bet against.