My belief is that true early stage venture capital (investing in companies that are raising at pre-money valuations between roughly $5M and $30M) is executed best when fund sizes are kept to reasonable levels. You should invest as early as you have conviction and as frequently as you can thereafter to build positions in companies over time. Investi... See more
It's a common misconception that burnouts come from hard work. Burnout comes from a felt loss of control and/or impact. Remember that you can burn out employees (or yourself) with little to no work.
The platform economy as it is currently constituted—highly centralized, highly mediated, with critical decisions made by a select few—risks replicating the same problems that have led to widespread burnout, financial precarity, and erosion of workers’ rights in the traditional economy.
If the future role of a media company mimics that of record labels, then we start to see a significant shift from these institutions to attribute more of their value as operators and begin to diversify their business of being just a brand.