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I have long thought of weddings and funerals as mirror images: similar but opposites. For both, guests are invited, the guests dress up, a notice is put out on social media and the papers, there’s often a gathering at a Place of Worship, eloquent words are spoken, and there is usually a reception. For one,
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We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Trove Health. It is our 25th investment so far (portfolio here). The company is not saying much about what it is doing, but I can include the following from
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We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Sky Therapeutics. It is our 24th investment so far (portfolio here). The company is not saying much about what it is doing, but I can include the following from
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Summer ended for me on August 1. I started “case prep” at that point. By nature, I usually front-load my work. But starting early will also give me more than ample capacity to meet my VC responsibilities in the fall. This fall I again will teach two sections of the Harvard Business School Venture Capital
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We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Hyka Therapeutics. It is our 23rd investment so far (portfolio here). The company builds infrastructure to make innovative mental health treatments available to all people. There’s a tremendous amount
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I went to my 25th/27th business school reunion this weekend. It’s hard to describe how amazing it was to gather with friends and act like not much time has gone by. It’s trite but true: time goes by quickly, and reunions are life milestones. I’ve volunteered to help out with nearly all of my reunions,
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I have this theory that people have two stories in their lives. They have their First Story: that’s what goes on the CV and LinkedIn profiles, and it’s the one we tell publicly. But each of us has a Second Story, one that we hide. We want to show the world the shiny and clean
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We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in Metric. It is our 22nd investment so far (portfolio here). The company offers a platform to measure, benchmark, and improve ESG performance for private companies and investors. One of
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In finance, there’s a fundamental concept called “beta.” It’s a measure of relative risk, specifically, how risky a security is vs. the rest of the market. A beta of 1.0 means that a security has the equivalent pricing volatility of the stock market as a whole. A beta greater than 1.0 means that it is
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I’ve been continuing my reading binge with books from our town library. It has been fun going through some of the best 2020 and 2021 non-fiction books, per the NYT, Amazon, word of mouth, and general searches. Here are some others that I’ve really enjoyed: A Short History of Progress. One of my students recommended
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