Mark Lurie is the CEO and co-founder of Shipyard Software. Shipyard Software builds decentralized exchanges (DEX) for specific … Continue reading “Episode 33: From VC to Web2 to Crypto with Mark Lurie”

Laura Behrens Wu (@LauraBehrensWu) is the co-founder and CEO of Shippo. Shippo is an API-first company focused on … Continue reading “Episode 32: Building a shipping unicorn with Laura Behrens Wu, Co-Founder & CEO of Shippo”

I had a fun conversation with Mark Peter Davis of Interplay about my love of marketplaces and all … Continue reading “My conversation with Mark Peter Davis of Interplay”

This week I was in Finse, Norway training for an upcoming polar expedition. The training involved skiing up … Continue reading “Why?”

A year ago, in Welcome to the Everything Bubble, I argued that an unprecedented combination of loose monetary … Continue reading “The Great Unknown”

Alisa Cohn (@AlisaCohn) is a prominent startup coach who has advised founders and executives at Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, … Continue reading “Episode 31: From Start-up to Grown-up with Alisa Cohn”

Thomas Plantenga is the CEO of Vinted. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously … Continue reading “Episode 30: A Conversation with Thomas Plantenga”

In episode 27, I took a stab at which categories investors and entrepreneurs should focus on for the … Continue reading “Episode 29: The Latest Marketplace Trends”

I had a fantastic and far ranging conversation with Ted Seides on Capital Allocators about my path to … Continue reading “My conversation with Ted Seides on Capital Allocators”

The world remained mired in the personal and economic cost of the continuing pandemic, but my life reached … Continue reading “2021: Best Year Ever!”

When Satoshi Nakamoto famously wrote the Bitcoin white paper on November 13, 2008, it proposed to solve the … Continue reading “Episode 28: What’s the deal with crypto?”

In a way I live in your future. By virtue of receiving 150 startup pitches per week, I … Continue reading “Episode 27: The Tech of Tomorrow”

When several of my friends recommended Greenlights to me, I must admit that I was very skeptical. What … Continue reading “Greenlights is shockingly interesting and insightful!”