Sarah Drinkwater
@sarahdrinkwater
Knowledge beachcomber interested in the ownership economy, flourishing communities, ecosystem building, magic, and knowledge as an end to itself.
Sarah Drinkwater
Creators lead the way. Many members of this movement built their reputation as creators, amassing large audiences in the process. This influence has been translated into securing allocation in competitive rounds. Those that tell powerful stories about their portfolio businesses can drive remarkable results.
Mario Gabriele • The Future of Solo Capitalists | The Generalist
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 lifetedgioia.substack.com • My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character
Welf's Garden - Welf's Garden
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Just a lovely personal site - copywriter I want to remember.
When judgment, or narrative come up in the context of digital networks, the conversation often goes one of two directions. The first is to identify the lack of common context on social media, nothing the confusion and contention that emerges from this kind of discourse. The second is to note that knowledge communities tend to cloister themselves on... See more
Calvin Hutcheon • Enchanted — Working With Lore P2 Discursive Landscapes
Book Review: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
Rose Dellerblogs.lse.ac.uk
1. young funds invest particularly early2. emerging VC focuses on trends at early stage3. new fund managers have different work experience
Francesco Perticarari • Why new VC funds offer the greatest opportunities in Venture Capital
The way managers are taught to run companies seems to be like modular design in the sense that you treat subtrees of the org chart as black boxes. You tell your direct reports what to do, and it's up to them to figure out how. But you don't get involved in the details of what they do. That would be micromanaging them, which is bad.
Hire good people and give them room to do their jobs. Sounds great when it's described that way, doesn't it? Except in practice, judging from the report of founder after founder, what this often turns out to mean is: hire professional fakers and let them drive the company into the ground.
How We Just Raised $6M At An $80M Valuation From 100+ Investors Using A Link (Without Pitching)
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