Max Beauroyre

Yet AirSpace is now less theory than reality. The interchangeability, ceaseless movement, and symbolic blankness that was once the hallmark of hotels and airports, qualities that led the French anthropologist Marc Augé to define them in 1992 as “non-places,” has leaked into the rest of life.

The more effort you invest internally into craft development and celebration, the more people will want to work with you. (On the flip side, in a remote work world, craft and process knowledge are even more important than they used to be, because we have to trust each other a lot more.)

Demographic shifts too - Americans aged 70 and older own almost 40% of all stocks in the US and those 55 and older own over half of all homes. It’s invisible prosperity and visible decay.

The AIs of 2024 could follow specific instructions: they could turn bullet points into emails, and simple requests into working code. In 2025, AIs function more like employees.

your legacy emerges from processes you initiate rather than positions you attain.

“Building for butter means understanding that every step of the experience can be honed, smoothed and improved, to the point that it's so good you just can't take it. Butter is deceptively simple. A single ingredient that yet does so much.

Sounds easy, doesn't it?! Maybe this is obvious and isn't that deep. But it is hard to pull off, and truly... See more

1. DR has commoditized “thesis development” and “market research” in VC so larger AUM and more resources no longer an advantage


2. Everyone will rely on the same research and converge on the same opportunities (defencetech! agents! )


3. To outperform, VCs will make “irrational” decisions based on non-quantifiable “gut-feel” (crypto again?, rocket cargo?

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It’s an interesting question to think about. Profit is the ultimate arbiter of a business’ financial success. It’s not just about saving money – spending too little can be as damaging as spending too much – but about investing money intelligently in the things that produce outcomes.

Become an AI-first company. There is a great story about Mark Zuckerberg refusing to look at desktop mocks when the world started shifting to mobile.