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I’m spending a good deal of time thinking about how to scale high quality instruction. Currently wondering if the creator economy will eat the long tail and we’ll see millions of online solo instructor “micro-schools” teaching everything of profitable nuance.

Jensen Huang: “VCs don’t invest in business plans” When asked for advice on business plans and raising venture capital, Jensen tells the student audience at Stanford: “VCs don’t invest in business plans… They invest in great people. And so the question is: do they trust you? Your reputation... See more

America needs a natural aristocracy. Aristocracy just means “rule by the best” and Joe Lonsdale argues that it is an idea that is unduly demonized. Artificial, hereditary aristocracies are indeed a corrupting force, but to reject the idea that the most competent should rule is equally dangerous. By rejecting Aristocracy... See more

Udemy & Teachable provide infrastructure & distribution for professors (like Substack re: journalists), but to really compete with universities you also need to provide a network & credential. On Deck does that for founders now, thinking about how we can do that for more skills.