Co-Founder & CEO of Teleport. Writer of Goodwill Hunting, a newsletter hunting the best pre-loved fashion finds, insights, and jobs. 11+ years of buying no new clothes.
Let’s talk about Ambition vs. Agency
Ambition is like speed:
• speed = scalar quantity
• has only magnitude
Agency is like velocity:
• velocity = vector quantity
• has both magnitude & direction
It doesn’t... See more
7 out of a16z ’s latest Marketplace 100 are resale marketplaces. 2 of these 7 are in the top 10 (GOAT, StockX). Since last year, 3 resale marketplaces “graduated” via IPO or acquisition (Depop, 1stDibs, Tradesy).
I spend a lot of time thinking about creating safe (in every sense of the word) digital spaces for women and non-binary people to authentically connect and share knowledge. I believe social platforms can deliver positive connections, utility and opportunity to humans.
Can you engineer serendipity?
In the “surface area of luck” theory, your chance of being lucky equals the actions you take towards your passion multiplied by the people you tell.
Luck =
(Passionate Doing) x (Effective Telling)
h/t @VirenOswall... See more