Don't Die of Heart Disease
During my "hiatus" I've been doing research in a variety of different areas that interest me. After a personal experience with basal c...
The Deal
Founders have little to no diversification. They are all in on one idea, company, and mission. It's an insanely high-risk, high-reward endeavor. As founders become increasingly wary of this level of risk concentration, they begin to think about ways to mitigate it. One idea I've heard repeatedly is the notion that a group of founders can self-assemble and contribute a percentage of their equity in their company to a shared pool. That way, if they fail and one of the other founders in the grou...
Sequoia Wants It Hard
I have seen a lot of young first-time founders play it fast and loose in their fundraising processes the past several years. It’s been frothy times, so I think it brings out a lot of strange behavior. It got me thinking of when I was a young founder and the things I’d do, particularly one specific story that I tell people when I get asked “what not to do” when fundraising. Back in 2010 Steve and I launched GroupMe to much fanfare. It got a lot of attention out the gate because we built it at ...
Last year i built an ai biographer for my parents. I wanted to capture their life stories and learn about ai voice. With my friend Avi, we built an agent that would talk to my mom and dad on the phone and it was trained to ask them personalized questions about their life. After each “chapter” was completed a separate agent would write it up Walter Isaacson style for everyone to read so people could follow along as the stories were told.
Since then we have been experimenting with new ways to capture and represent stories, exploring the space between a photo/video and a written journal entry or essay. What can voice on top of a photo(s) unlock? What’s the best way to make it easy, fun, and rewarding for people to capture the moments that matter to them and their friends and family? What does storytelling as a social experience look and feel like in the digital world? These are some of the things we are trying to learn.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been using the product for a variety of reasons: to capture special moments about my kids and family, to document the fun adventures and events I’ve experienced with friends, and to talk about milestones in my life. It’s the thing I am using when a simple photo won’t do the moment justice and I don’t want to write a whole thing about it.
If you are interested in trying it out shoot me an email and I will add you to our TestFlight (iOS only right now). The only thing I ask is that you provide me some occasional feedback about what’s working or not working for you.
Last year i built an ai biographer for my parents. I wanted to capture their life stories and learn about ai voice. With my friend Avi, we built an agent that would talk to my mom and dad on the phone and it was trained to ask them personalized questions about their life. After each “chapter” was completed a separate agent would write it up Walter Isaacson style for everyone to read so people could follow along as the stories were told.
Since then we have been experimenting with new ways to capture and represent stories, exploring the space between a photo/video and a written journal entry or essay. What can voice on top of a photo(s) unlock? What’s the best way to make it easy, fun, and rewarding for people to capture the moments that matter to them and their friends and family? What does storytelling as a social experience look and feel like in the digital world? These are some of the things we are trying to learn.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been using the product for a variety of reasons: to capture special moments about my kids and family, to document the fun adventures and events I’ve experienced with friends, and to talk about milestones in my life. It’s the thing I am using when a simple photo won’t do the moment justice and I don’t want to write a whole thing about it.
If you are interested in trying it out shoot me an email and I will add you to our TestFlight (iOS only right now). The only thing I ask is that you provide me some occasional feedback about what’s working or not working for you.
Don't Die of Heart Disease
During my "hiatus" I've been doing research in a variety of different areas that interest me. After a personal experience with basal c...
The Deal
Founders have little to no diversification. They are all in on one idea, company, and mission. It's an insanely high-risk, high-reward endeavor. As founders become increasingly wary of this level of risk concentration, they begin to think about ways to mitigate it. One idea I've heard repeatedly is the notion that a group of founders can self-assemble and contribute a percentage of their equity in their company to a shared pool. That way, if they fail and one of the other founders in the grou...
Sequoia Wants It Hard
I have seen a lot of young first-time founders play it fast and loose in their fundraising processes the past several years. It’s been frothy times, so I think it brings out a lot of strange behavior. It got me thinking of when I was a young founder and the things I’d do, particularly one specific story that I tell people when I get asked “what not to do” when fundraising. Back in 2010 Steve and I launched GroupMe to much fanfare. It got a lot of attention out the gate because we built it at ...
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