A Land Without Giants
Technology is changing one of the most powerful forces in shaping society: ambition. What the most ambitious people choose to do with their lives has a profound impact on society, the economy and culture. It’s changing, fast.First, that digital technology is the most recent in a series of ‘technologies of ambition’ that have enabled ambitious peopl... See more
Medium • Technology entrepreneurship and the disruption of ambition
The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz
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Scott Belsky - On Tech/Product, Creativity, & Making Ideas Happen - Issue #9
Scott Belskydigest.scottbelsky.comThe world is filled with good quests that require massively leveled heroes to complete: semiconductor manufacturing, complex industrial automation, natural resource discovery, next-generation energy production, low-cost and low-labor construction, new modes of transportation, general artificial intelligence, mapping and interfacing with the br
... See moreMarkie Wagner • Choose Good Quests
Back then, technical prowess meant market dominance. Y Combinator, the spiritual center of Silicon Valley,1 crowned technical founders as the chosen ones. Those who could manifest and master software were seen as gods. Venture capitalists funded those who could scale that code to massive heights. After all, software alone could transform giant, leg... See more
Entrepreneurial innovations, those undertaken by lone individuals, looked like they would be permanently marginalized. If you were smart enough and wanted to make a difference through technology, the corporate labs were where you had to be. The nineteenth century was the century of entrepreneurial tinkerers and lone scientists; the twentieth was th
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Venture capitalists create a narrative for founder fit just as they do for market fit. Why is this team doing this? Where are they coming from and where do they want to go? What motivates this team? One place to start this narrative is the origin story of the startup. What was the original idea and how did it come to fruition?
Patrick Vernon • Venture Capital Strategy: How to Think Like a Venture Capitalist
