Ski
JP Niseko JP Hakuba JP Kiroro FR Chamonix FR Val d'Isère FR Les Grands Montets CH Zermatt CH St. Moritz CA Whistler US Jackson Hole US Kirkwood US Alta US Palisades US Copper Mountain CL Valle Nevado CL Portillo IT Dolomiti Superski
Surf
ZA J-Bay US Pipeline PT Nazaré ID Uluwatu CA Tofino FJ Cloudbreak US Honolua Bay US Ocean Beach US Trestles US Malibu MX Puerto Escondido US Rockaway Beach MX Sayulita PF Teahupo'o AU Snapper Rocks AU Pleasure Point
Run
CL Patagonia JP Mount Fuji NO Lofoten AR Fitz Roy / El Chaltén FO Faroe Islands FO Aiguille du Midi IS Laugavegur Trail US Zion Narrows US Mt. Whitney US Tahoe Rim NP Annapurna NP Everest Base Camp TZ Kilimanjaro TZ Mt. Tam

About

I'm currently living in San Francisco New York Los Angeles Austin Portland Honolulu Troy and working on something new ;).

I was previously at Pave, an HR software company helping companies make compensation more transparent. Before Pave, I spent time improving the mortgage experience at Blend, investing at Contrary Capital, learning from extremely smart individuals at 8VC, working on education access at Coursera, and refining glucose monitors at Biomedtrics.

When I'm not working, you can find me signing up for new product waitlists, running, playing poker, skiing (in the winter), and surfing (in the summer).

Investments

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.

Thoughts

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.

Mission

make people think.

Quotes

  • "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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