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.
Academic research can look like a perfect innovation pipeline for VCs, but publish-or-perish incentives often favor polished narratives over reliable signals. This essay explains p-hacking and lists concrete red flags — missing limitations, vague jargon, borrowed novelty — investors should watch for before betting on a research-backed claim.
What Every VC Should Know about Academic Research and Academic Culture Read More »
We all use heuristics in our professional lives as they help us offset the energy costs associated with decision-making and better navigate our complex world. While some heuristics might be productive, others prove to be a trap (for instance, mind a long list of human cognitive errors). I recently started contemplating one heuristic that always seemed a no-brainer for me: follow the people. Was is a good bet after all?
Question: Is earning ten million dollars a success? Answer: it is, or it is not — depending on the structure of your company. In this article, I’d like to say a few words about why I chose bootstrapping as my business model and why I’d recommend considering this model for anyone who is building a SaaS or consulting / education business.
To Bootstrap or Not To Bootstrap? On The Unbeatable Power of Starting Small and Smart Read More »
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 »
Recently, due to seemingly unrelated things, I realized that I have a problem. Well, in order to console my friend who had some worries, I also started to think about the things that were bothering me. And I concluded that my perception of time was deeply disturbed.
A Young MBA lecture on motivation made me revisit two managers from my past projects: one dishonest about rewards, the other piling on unrealistic deadlines. Both lacked authority and ignored the praise-in-public rule. Plus a McDonald’s case study, Big Mac parity, and my first Big Mac.
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