Sarah Drinkwater

I loved this concept of evaluating your own potential cause of death as a venture firm. Over the last few years the number of venture firms has grown from ~900 to nearly 2,000 different firms managing $500B+ of capital. In a market correction some people predict as many as 50% of those firms could fail. One prediction I have is that as venture... See more

First, most emerging firms raise small funds. Smaller funds generally outperform, as they can participate meaningfully in early rounds and a single outlier has the potential to generate strong fund-level performance, even if the fund is only able to garner modest ownership.

The innovators in this report say yes, not just possible, but necessary. They speak to millennials asfriends, offering positive and practical advice through clean and personable websites. They encouragean ethos of care for self and others and a mindset of abundance. They argue, explicitly or implicitly, thateach person is a change maker with the... See more

Dunbar actually doesn’t say that we devote “grooming time” to the whole social group of 150. Rather he says that the 150 is made up from welding together much smaller “primary networks”: coalitions, friendship groups. Intensive grooming (language, for humans) is reserved for close friends. Our intimate group is very small, averaging just five.

2. See how they treat service workers

People reveal their true natures when they deal with others who have no power and can never return a favor.

This is one of the most reliable indicators of trustworthiness that you will find. 

3. Discover what experiences formed their character in early life

4. How do they invest their two most valuable... See more

Advertising has successfully used these strategies to accelerate identity formation/dissolution and, by extension, consumer capitalism. There is no reason that radical groups could not use similar methods to challenge capitalism and develop alternative collective identities.