Essays on finance, markets, capitalism, investing, financial systems, money, incentives, and the machinery humans use to decide what things are worth.
Venture Capital
Founders ask VCs. VCs ask LPs. Somewhere above them, someone richer is still saying no. A personal essay about money, status, bad pitches, conditional affection, and the strange humility of asking for capital.
Venture Capital
From homeless anti-capitalist to venture capitalist, a personal essay on power, hypocrisy, and the unresolved question of whether capital can be used with a conscience.