A reading list for all entrepreneurs — 2022 hasn’t been a kind year for entrepreneurs. Inflation spiraled out of control and interest rate rises freaked everyone out. Then the crypto world seems determined to implode on itself, spooking investors even more. People who were bragging at the start of the year were eating humble pie by the…

Why I’m Not Telling Every Startup To ‘Pull The Brakes’ Just Yet — Here’s how I’ve generally described what’s occurring in tech land over the last few months: For a variety of reasons, technology companies were being rewarded with valuation multiples which far exceeded historical norms and the view on their growth rates, amount of capital they could/should spend to capture revenue/market share…

You will never be able to take the brand risks, the legal risks, or the partnerships risks that a true startup can — I’d exchanged DMs with Waze co-founder and CEO Noam Bardin a few weeks back to ask about learnings from his last few years inside Google. Waze is the $1 billion-plus acquisition that people, well, forgot about despite its size and growth. I mean, in all the “Big Tech” regulations discussions…