Topic
Judgment
2 pieces
Research Jun 2026
Why I Stopped Writing Checks and Built an Instrument
Four bets across twenty-nine years turned out to be one bet. The scarce input in venture was never capital — it was judgment. So I stopped writing checks and built the instrument.
Framework Jun 2026
The First-Meeting Questions
The set of questions a partner asks in a first meeting, codified as a self-administered instrument — what each one tests beneath the surface, and how to read a strong answer from a weak one.