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Delta: An Airline or a Fintech Business?

This week's change to Delta's SkyMiles program indicates higher profits will come from more spending on credit cards, not more miles flown.

Sep 17 •

The four topics founders often overlook

Founders need to dig deeper into these crucial areas before taking the plunge.

Sep 13 •

AI will make trust more valuable than skill

In the AI era, success in white-collar work will be less about technical expertise, and more about cultivating deep, meaningful relationships with other…

Sep 3 •

January 2023

National Security and Defense Market

The US govt will spend $858B on defense in 2023. Hundreds of founders are now building for the defense sector. From AI & autonomy to space & public…

Jan 17 •

August 2022

How to Sell Your Startup

As the fundraising environment gets tougher, many founders are considering selling their startups. I sold my startup to Acorns in 2021. Here are eight…

Aug 3, 2022 •

January 2021

Assembling an A+ team of talent is how you bring your vision to life. Here are the tactics we used to recruit top talent at my startup + hundreds of…

Jan 18, 2021 •

December 2020

How to Raise Your Pre-Seed Round

There's a lot of advice out there about how to raise your first round of funding. I've raised $7M from top-tier VCs and learned the hard way that a lot…

Dec 13, 2020 •

Why DoorDash is winning the food delivery race

Exploring the four strategies that helped DoorDash beat Uber and conquer the food delivery game. This was originally published on my Twitter account the…

Dec 6, 2020 •

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