Burning Man is something else for everyone, and every time. The desert will test you and reveal some truth about you. It’s almost like a mirror. This was my third burn. They say it’s three times charm.
This was my hardest year yet, and not necessarily because of the weather, but because of the personal challenges and struggles I had to face.
A canceled flight rerouted through a Tashkent layover, then a week of tai chi and Daoist philosophy at the Wudang Taoist Wellness Academy — on why the answer to burnout is to balance out and simplify, not push harder.
San Francisco turned out not to be a place but a psychological interface, a mirror reflecting whatever I carried inside. I arrived expecting a broken, transactional city, and that is what I found, until a small act of kindness and months of inner work changed the signal I was sending out, and what came back.
Many people view venture capital as the top of Silicon Valley’s career food chain. But the reality is far less glamorous: intensely competitive, performance-driven, and transactional. Happiness, it turns out, is not found at the top of any career hierarchy, but in the present.
Harsh Truths About the VC Culture in San Francisco Learned So Far Read More »
This year, I went back to Burning Man not as a tourist, but with real self-awareness: less is more. This essay reflects on serendipity, collective intelligence, and what the desert teaches about stepping outside a life built around collecting things.
The Path To The Woods Goes Through the Desert: Burning Man 2025 Read More »
The trip to India has changed my life. It took me a few months to realize the full impact, but the effects are quite insane.
Twenty-five hard-won lessons on networking in San Francisco: how to find the hubs, adjust to the tribe, net-weave at meetups, make yourself useful, protect your reputation, and play the long game. Plus a few brutal truths about extractors, void communities, and why the city rewards those who stay different.
If You Are Going To San Francisco… My 25 Tips and Tricks on Networking in the City Read More »
This year was intensive so far. The other day, I had a terrible day. All of a sudden, it came to my mind to text my friend, Nicole. When we talked on the phone on that memorable day, all of a sudden she asked if I would… go to Burning Man with her. And so we went.
Let It Burn! I Went to Burning Man and Here Is What Happened Read More »
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