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Consumer internet companies are easy to understand, but hard to create
Consumer internet companies are easy to understand, but hard to create
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell once said that the best video games are easy to learn and nearly impossible to…
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Beyond network effects; digging moats in non-networked products
Beyond network effects; digging moats in non-networked products
Virtually all startup pitches include a conversation about competitive advantage or “moats,” and rightfully so; these…
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Predicting success in startup consumer brands
Predicting success in startup consumer brands
Nearly three years ago, Saar Gur and I wrote about how early-stage consumer product companies were overlooked by…
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Why ‘TAM’ doesn’t matter to me
Why ‘TAM’ doesn’t matter to me
When you ask a VC what they look for in investments, you’re likely to get a response that involves going after a large…
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How innovation under the hood enables fintech startups to go over-the-top
How innovation under the hood enables fintech startups to go over-the-top
Originally published at techcrunch.com on January 15, 2017, as “Innovation under the hood will rev the…
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The last frontier of consumerizing travel lives in the workplace
The last frontier of consumerizing travel lives in the workplace
Originally published at techcrunch.com on December 17, 2016. According to a 2014 study by Google, 74…
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How Android gets to 100% market share
How Android gets to 100% market share
Originally published at techcrunch.com on May 1, 2016. Android already commands over 80 percent of the mobile OS…
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The Evolving Nature Of P2P Lending Marketplaces
The Evolving Nature Of P2P Lending Marketplaces
Originally published at techcrunch.com on January 24, 2016. In March 2014, The Economist published Banking…
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Tech Isn’t The Only Ballgame: Why VCs Overlook Consumer Goods Companies At Their Peril
Tech Isn’t The Only Ballgame: Why VCs Overlook Consumer Goods Companies At Their Peril
Originally published at www.cbinsights.com on January 11, 2016. Old Navy, Office Depot, and Beats took a…
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Following review, today Niantic, Inc. closed its $3.85B sale of Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely. I have immense gratitude…
Following review, today Niantic, Inc. closed its $3.85B sale of Pokemon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely. I have immense gratitude…
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Today we announce our $25m Series A led by Sequoia Capital! I’ve known since literally day one of my career that someone was going to build…
Today we announce our $25m Series A led by Sequoia Capital! I’ve known since literally day one of my career that someone was going to build…
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Great to see Graham Topol back where it all started!!
Great to see Graham Topol back where it all started!!
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Honors & Awards
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Arjay Miller Scholar
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Costantino Colombo Outstanding Leadership Service Award
Columbia University
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King's Crown Award
Columbia University
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Phi Beta Kappa
Columbia University
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Senior Marshall
Columbia University
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Stanley I. Fishel Prize
Columbia University
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Summa Cum Laude
Columbia University
Test Scores
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GMAT
Score: 770
AWA 6.0
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Excited to back Sushanth Raman and team as they leverage AI to augment the transportation and warehouse industries. I remember getting to a handshake…
Excited to back Sushanth Raman and team as they leverage AI to augment the transportation and warehouse industries. I remember getting to a handshake…
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Awesome to see OpenAI highlighting CodeRabbit - from zero to 5k customers in the past year It turns out LLMs have two killer use cases: code and…
Awesome to see OpenAI highlighting CodeRabbit - from zero to 5k customers in the past year It turns out LLMs have two killer use cases: code and…
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The Trialkit team is back on the road. This time we are in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers conference (Race…
The Trialkit team is back on the road. This time we are in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers conference (Race…
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🚨 First of two exciting announcements about Ezra! 🚨 Ezra is officially live — and early customers are loving it. Even better? So are the…
🚨 First of two exciting announcements about Ezra! 🚨 Ezra is officially live — and early customers are loving it. Even better? So are the…
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Well deserved recognition for my amazing sister Rafaella Rosenberg, who has turned her passion for the arts & theatre, developed in the non-profit…
Well deserved recognition for my amazing sister Rafaella Rosenberg, who has turned her passion for the arts & theatre, developed in the non-profit…
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After raising more than $400M in equity/debt over the last 12 months for various friends/founders/fintech businesses, the one thing I've noticed is…
After raising more than $400M in equity/debt over the last 12 months for various friends/founders/fintech businesses, the one thing I've noticed is…
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Excited to announce that we at Greylock are leading both the Seed and Series A of Greenlite AI You've seen headlines of "Agentic AI" and "AI…
Excited to announce that we at Greylock are leading both the Seed and Series A of Greenlite AI You've seen headlines of "Agentic AI" and "AI…
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Today we’re announcing Airwallex’s 300M Series F at 6.2B valuation. This is a big step forward, and it will help us move faster in building the…
Today we’re announcing Airwallex’s 300M Series F at 6.2B valuation. This is a big step forward, and it will help us move faster in building the…
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Big launch for Notion today! We've been hard at work to get these to our users and so excited for everyone to give them a go 🎙️ 🔍
Big launch for Notion today! We've been hard at work to get these to our users and so excited for everyone to give them a go 🎙️ 🔍
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Fintech is getting busy (again) and I was having a hard time staying on top of all the news each day. So, for the last few weeks, we've been running…
Fintech is getting busy (again) and I was having a hard time staying on top of all the news each day. So, for the last few weeks, we've been running…
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Today is my last day at Mercury, and I’m feeling incredibly grateful for the year I’ve spent here.💜 In just 12 months, I’ve had the privilege of…
Today is my last day at Mercury, and I’m feeling incredibly grateful for the year I’ve spent here.💜 In just 12 months, I’ve had the privilege of…
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I’m incredibly excited to share that I have joined Mercury as their Chief Compliance Office to help Immad Akhund and the team build the future of…
I’m incredibly excited to share that I have joined Mercury as their Chief Compliance Office to help Immad Akhund and the team build the future of…
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Since leaving Stripe last year, I've been talking with tons of risk leaders – from startups to big enterprises. It's a tough gig: you're trying to…
Since leaving Stripe last year, I've been talking with tons of risk leaders – from startups to big enterprises. It's a tough gig: you're trying to…
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