Day: July 21, 2022
The future of tech as I see it
I recently sat down to talk with my friend Howard Lindzon on his podcast Panic with Friends to discuss the future of technology. Howard has shared the show notes on his blog. I wanted to draw out three core themes I addressed in my conversation, and they are all correlated. I have a long-standing approach to…
Ranked: The 20 Countries With the Fastest Declining Populations
Population decline is a rising issue for many countries in Eastern Europe, as well as outliers like Japan and Cuba. The post Ranked: The 20 Countries With the Fastest Declining Populations appeared first on Visual Capitalist.
The Art of the Hustle
In my first startup, I was told “no” by almost every VC I pitched. True story. How did I get beyond that? How do you become relentlessly resourceful in your career? How can you master the art of the hustle without being perceived as a “hustler”? On the fourth episode of the Startup of You…
Uniquity: DALL-E, NFTs, and the emergence of limited-edition abundance
When you use DALL-E, a new AI system that generates images from natural language descriptions, words become your pencils, paints, brushes, cameras, lenses, chisels, and more. In the DALL-E universe, though, there’s never just one way to translate written language into graphic language. Inverting the old proverb on its head, a single word – or…
Why We Need Blockchain Data Infrastructure To Build Web3
I’m Kat and I work on the Growth team here at Georgian. In my role, I spend most of my time looking for the most interesting companies within our thesis areas, having insightful conversations with co-founders and getting smart about emerging markets. One of those, of course, is Web3/crypto. It’s a space that’s been exciting……
The Rise of Domain Experts in Deep Learning
Jeremy Howard is and artificial intelligence researcher and the co-founder of fast.ai, a platform for non-experts to learn artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to starting fast.ai, he founded multiple companies — including FastMail and E…
a16z is Moving to the Cloud
Since our inception in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz has been a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. This was highly intentional on our part. Historically, the largest number of great technology companies emerged from Silicon Valley for good reason – the n…
An Icelandic Friend
Given my eyesight, I have struggled to use Leica’s rangefinder cameras. I love the M-Monochrom series of cameras, and I love the colors that come out of the old M9 camera. But they are more collector’s items than my everyday cameras. For me, the SL bodies with their astonishingly good viewfinders make them ideal devices,…
Back to the Future (A Third Time Panic) with Om Malik of True Ventures
Panic with Friends – Investing for Profit and Joy I’m excited to bring my good friend Om Malik back for a third round of Panic. Om is a partner at True Ventures, a $2B venture capital firm in San Francisco. They have made over 300 investments including WordPress, Peloton, Fitbit, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Om’s…
How Leaders Can Escape Their Echo Chambers
Six strategies to ensure your team tells you what you need to hear.