Hello world. Life update!

I’m joining Pioneer as an investor to help build a better home for day 0 founders. We’re building the most expansive support system for early founders—a mission that’s reflected in the terms of deals we offer: $20,000 for 2% ownership, or 1% to be flown out to sunny (really, foggy) San Francisco for a month to learn from the wonderful Daniel, Rishi, Andrew, and the rest of the Pioneer crew.

A thought on investing so early in founders: Pioneer is an experience built to find 1% founders that traditional VC firms might not—an engineer building part time in Bangladesh, or even a high school dropout in Florida. Part of generating success as a founder is being a winner, and oftentimes traditional institutions aren’t set up to breed them. This is what startups do well! In fact, it’s a common notion that a few months at an early stage startup will eventually outperform a traditional business school experience. The only issue is that when one becomes a founder for the first time, they tend to lack guidance and work with a low level of efficiency (at least until they start ramping up). Pioneer is built to address this issue by giving day 0 founders a support system that teaches them how to learn, and in the process, how to win.