Currently living in San Francisco

Working on something new

Previously at Pave, Blend, Contrary Capital, 8VC, Coursera, and Biomedtrics

Interests: new product waitlists, running, poker, skiing, surfing

I am occasionally lucky to be invited to join a founder on their journey. I generally invest in early stage companies focused on fintech, education, biotech, and enterprise software. I'm a small part of the cap table and any success is squarely due to the work and tenacity of the founders. Note: these are a mix of personal investments, investments via SPVs, and investments led/made while working at a fund.

I love to write about topics that interest me such as startups, software, investing, ethics, heuristics, and history. I'm also interested in the intersection of software, startups, and investing and how this intersection can transform antiquated industries such as finance and education.

make people think.

• "The open secret of real success is to throw your whole personality into your problem." - George Polya, How to Solve it
• "To the extent that you enjoy working hard, do. Subject to that constraint, it's not clear that the returns to effort ever diminish substantially. If you're lucky enough to enjoy it a lot, be grateful and take full advantage!" - Patrick Collison, patrickcollison.com/advice
• "Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough." - Richard Feynman
• "The most important task at first is to build something people want. If you don't do that, it won't matter how clever your business model is." - Paul Graham
"Work until you no longer have to introduce yourself" - Harvey Specter, Suits

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