Thoughts on Building the Future

Writing about startups, education, AI, venture capital, and the lessons learned along the way.

AI Labs Masterlist – Every Top AI Lab in the World

As AI becomes more and more ubiquitous, I thought it would be handy to keeep track of the activity at the various centers around the world studying what’s about to “come down the pipe”. Here’s my first attempt to gather a comprehensive list of them throughout the world: AI Labs

The latest on Brandon Na

Apologies for both the look/feel of the blog & the lack of keeping everyone updated, but as you all know, there’s an arms race in ai & the world is moving faster than ever. With that said, here are some updates: I’ve written “UNICORN STARTUPS: The Special DNA Building the

Biz Dev Complexity

Omicron & Where the Financial Markets are Trending

2nd Crypto Crash of 2021 Friday marked one of the bigger corrections in the crypto market and everyone is trying to understand why? There are many theories including larger easy to blame reasons like: Omicron’s recent discovery and fear of unknown impact The Fed’s potential clamping down of our runaway

Believe in Yourself

My year end compendium

While I shared a bit of this with my friends and family, I’ve omitted some somewhat private info and left most of the thoughts I feel might be good for the world to see. Frankly, as my journey continues to become more public, I’m finding that it’s o.k. to share

Believe in Yourself

Believe (you can do it)

If you TRULY Believe, you CAN Truly Do Anything If you’re connected with me on FB, you’ll see that I recently reposted a little pic of the boys with a sign that said “believe” behind them. In honor of it, let’s “believe” 2021 will be the best ever. You might

Biz Dev Complexity

These Korean Movies Will Make You Cry Your Eyes Out

In terms of Korean movies, my favorite (and definitely made me tear up) are: 1 – A Moment to Remember The scene where Chul-soo is reading a letter left by Su-jin will make you bawl. I haven’t seen something so sad, yet so compelling and powerful in making you feel