TL; DR - You’re in for a longer, richer edition of The Itinerant this week – with a particular emphasis on the current state of the economy. I implore you to read these carefully and take them seriously. I also touch on how the role of work and on-the-job education continue to evolve, including some tips for what it means for you; some publicly traded alternative asset managers write down unrealized returns by ~30% - this is just the beginning; lots of exciting new things are happening in hea...

TL; DR - You’re in for a longer, richer edition of The Itinerant this week – with a particular emphasis on the current state of the economy. I implore you to read these carefully and take them seriously. I also touch on how the role of work and on-the-job education continue to evolve, including some tips for what it means for you; some publicly traded alternative asset managers write down unrealized returns by ~30% - this is just the beginning; lots of exciting new things are happening in hea...

Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to de-extinct the dodo bird; new scientific study suggests romantic love can become an addiction; leading crypto VC, Pantera Capital paints a picture of what’s ahead; legendary VC Bill Gurley shares tips ...

Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR A look at the latest in cutting-edge graphics/VR capabilities; how your mind can make you physically ill, or physically more resilient – it’s up to you; why investors should be on alert following this latest rally; startup plans to de-extinct the dodo bird; new scientific study suggests romantic love can become an addiction; leading crypto VC, Pantera Capital paints a picture of what’s ahead; legendary VC Bill Gurley shares tips ...

A sample of the best content I consumed this week…and you should too. If you only have 10 minutes, read Google: “We have no moat and neither does OpenAI”.Subscribe Entrepreneurial Careers & The Future of WorkTyler Cowen – Learn Like an AthleteMacroeconomics & Innovation HistoryReuters – Wall Street Fears Stagflation Scenario Ahead of Consumer Price DataThe Guardian – Lipstick Sales as a Recession IndicatorCNN – Manufacturing Backlog Softens, Layoffs BeginMultifamily Executive – Construction I...

A sample of the best content I consumed this week…and you should too. If you only have 10 minutes, read Google: “We have no moat and neither does OpenAI”.Subscribe Entrepreneurial Careers & The Future of WorkTyler Cowen – Learn Like an AthleteMacroeconomics & Innovation HistoryReuters – Wall Street Fears Stagflation Scenario Ahead of Consumer Price DataThe Guardian – Lipstick Sales as a Recession IndicatorCNN – Manufacturing Backlog Softens, Layoffs BeginMultifamily Executive – Construction I...

TL; DR - This week’s round-up covers: signals of a large debt crisis upcoming; Social Capital founder Chamath on all things investing, careers and life, Ray Dalio on how he addresses failure; an empirical analysis of why some startups succeed; future healthcare market segment breakdown; side hustles vs startups – what’s the difference?; an AI resource from Stanford that you need to bookmark; an empirical guide to optimal angel investment portfolio construction; biohacking clinical trials in a...

TL; DR - This week’s round-up covers: signals of a large debt crisis upcoming; Social Capital founder Chamath on all things investing, careers and life, Ray Dalio on how he addresses failure; an empirical analysis of why some startups succeed; future healthcare market segment breakdown; side hustles vs startups – what’s the difference?; an AI resource from Stanford that you need to bookmark; an empirical guide to optimal angel investment portfolio construction; biohacking clinical trials in a...

As a reminder, I’ve decided to iterate on the approach to The Itinerant Weekly. Going forward it will now be a much more concise compilation of the most interesting content I encountered this past week. We’ll test this approach out for a few months and see how it goes. f you only have 30 minutes, listen at 1.5x speed to Predicting Catastrophic Events (Prof. Didier Sornette) and How to Avoid Blackswans (Warren Buffet). Remember, The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Medium ...

As a reminder, I’ve decided to iterate on the approach to The Itinerant Weekly. Going forward it will now be a much more concise compilation of the most interesting content I encountered this past week. We’ll test this approach out for a few months and see how it goes. f you only have 30 minutes, listen at 1.5x speed to Predicting Catastrophic Events (Prof. Didier Sornette) and How to Avoid Blackswans (Warren Buffet). Remember, The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Medium ...

TL; DR - I forgot to publish last week’s edition, so this week is 2x the normal length. In it, I touch on: how the future of social engagement is depth, not breadth; Nearly half of Americans have a side-hustle; Co-founder of Ethereum spells out the five trends that will shape life in the 21st century; why the banking crisis is just beginning; the future of tokenization of assets; Y Combinator’s latest class of startups; in the future our houses will be computers; privacy of thought will be a ...

TL; DR - I forgot to publish last week’s edition, so this week is 2x the normal length. In it, I touch on: how the future of social engagement is depth, not breadth; Nearly half of Americans have a side-hustle; Co-founder of Ethereum spells out the five trends that will shape life in the 21st century; why the banking crisis is just beginning; the future of tokenization of assets; Y Combinator’s latest class of startups; in the future our houses will be computers; privacy of thought will be a ...

Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR How startups can land a second meeting with a corporate partner; new tool for identifying business opportunities; tech earnings slump – finally; smaller VC funds generally have stronger returns; even startups with material runway likely won’t grow in to their valuations; investors eye cross-border boutique hotel investments; healthcare venture ecosystem is being impacted by the tech market correction – just like everyone else; U....

Welcome back, polymaths! Here’s your dose of brain food. TL; DR How startups can land a second meeting with a corporate partner; new tool for identifying business opportunities; tech earnings slump – finally; smaller VC funds generally have stronger returns; even startups with material runway likely won’t grow in to their valuations; investors eye cross-border boutique hotel investments; healthcare venture ecosystem is being impacted by the tech market correction – just like everyone else; U....

One thing I’ve always enjoyed doing on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is hunting for the latest tech products. Recently during one of these weekend intellectual excursions, I stumbled upon an interesting new-ish concept: digitizing/tokenizing physical assets. I’ve been thinking a fair amount lately about where web3 intersects with the physical world, and what it means. Coincidentally my parents also recently asked me to move a bunch of childhood baseball cards, coin collections, and other items of...

One thing I’ve always enjoyed doing on a sleepy Sunday afternoon is hunting for the latest tech products. Recently during one of these weekend intellectual excursions, I stumbled upon an interesting new-ish concept: digitizing/tokenizing physical assets. I’ve been thinking a fair amount lately about where web3 intersects with the physical world, and what it means. Coincidentally my parents also recently asked me to move a bunch of childhood baseball cards, coin collections, and other items of...

A sample of the best content I consumed this week…and you should too If you only have 30 minutes this week, watch on 2.0x speed, Patrick Collison in conversation Sam Altman. Happy Mother’s Day. The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Medium and now Paragraph.xyz, and at www.theitinerant.io.SubscribeEntrepreneurial Careers & The Future of WorkAlex Hormozi – How to go ALL IN on your side hustle Macroeconomics & Innovation HistoryEPB Research – These Banks Are NextBusiness Insi...

A sample of the best content I consumed this week…and you should too If you only have 30 minutes this week, watch on 2.0x speed, Patrick Collison in conversation Sam Altman. Happy Mother’s Day. The Itinerant Weekly is available on Diamond, Mirror.xyz, Medium and now Paragraph.xyz, and at www.theitinerant.io.SubscribeEntrepreneurial Careers & The Future of WorkAlex Hormozi – How to go ALL IN on your side hustle Macroeconomics & Innovation HistoryEPB Research – These Banks Are NextBusiness Insi...

TL; DR - This week touches on how and why to create a successful podcast; more about the current state of the economy and what many ‘experts’ think comes next; housing prices still at historic highs despite month-over-month decline; technology industry pioneer, Gordon Moore sadly passes away; NVIDIA finds a way to increase one step of the chipmaking process by 40x; a startup focuses on applying GPT to numbers, not text and images like OpenAI; computer scientist explores ways humans could theo...

TL; DR - This week touches on how and why to create a successful podcast; more about the current state of the economy and what many ‘experts’ think comes next; housing prices still at historic highs despite month-over-month decline; technology industry pioneer, Gordon Moore sadly passes away; NVIDIA finds a way to increase one step of the chipmaking process by 40x; a startup focuses on applying GPT to numbers, not text and images like OpenAI; computer scientist explores ways humans could theo...

TL; DR - Keeping track of your side-hustle finances; do sole founders or teams build more successful startups?; The brilliant business mind behind the Blackeyed Peas; market pundits continue to be split on what comes next for the economy, but latest measures suggest we have further down to go before we go up ; Bitcoin prices begin to diverge from the S&P – its an early signal and unclear if it will last, but worth watching; The Supreme Court is actively deciding the fate of the future of the ...

TL; DR - Keeping track of your side-hustle finances; do sole founders or teams build more successful startups?; The brilliant business mind behind the Blackeyed Peas; market pundits continue to be split on what comes next for the economy, but latest measures suggest we have further down to go before we go up ; Bitcoin prices begin to diverge from the S&P – its an early signal and unclear if it will last, but worth watching; The Supreme Court is actively deciding the fate of the future of the ...

Let me start off by acknowledging that these are incredibly trying times, potentially impacting millions of people across the country as families wondering if/when they’ll receive a paycheck. My heart goes out to everyone who has been directly and indirectly impacted by Silicon Valley Bank’s (“SVB”) closure. My reflections here are geared towards the non-tech / venture professional who is heads-down in their day job, hearing rumblings about what is going on with SVB and seeing the headlines a...

Let me start off by acknowledging that these are incredibly trying times, potentially impacting millions of people across the country as families wondering if/when they’ll receive a paycheck. My heart goes out to everyone who has been directly and indirectly impacted by Silicon Valley Bank’s (“SVB”) closure. My reflections here are geared towards the non-tech / venture professional who is heads-down in their day job, hearing rumblings about what is going on with SVB and seeing the headlines a...