Moth Fund ↗

MF aims to increase the agency of exceptional individuals using venture capital. I write about founding things, the future, and venture through fresh eyes on a quarterly basis.

MM.01 Alana Newhouse: EIC of Tablet Magazine ↗

Q2.23 Good artists copy, great artists steal ↗

Q3.24 Bulls, bears, and moths ↗

Q2.24 Seeing the court clearly ↗

Q1.24 The rogue investor's guide to venture ↗

Q1.24 The earnest ambitious kid's guide to investors ↗

Q4.23 The lost charisma of capitalism ↗

Q3.23 How to be a kid who goes places ↗

Q2.23 Good artists copy, great artists steal ↗

Q1.23 Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ↗

MFM.02 Metatechnology and cultures of innovation ↗

MFM.01 Gen(Z)eralism and what software eats next ↗

Editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine. Alana Newhouse ↗

Moth Minds ↗

Interviews with high-agency humans.

Managing Partner at Compound. Michael Dempsey ↗

Founder & CEO of Universe. Joseph Cohen ↗

Principal at Benchmark. Blake Robbins ↗

Founder & CEO of Universe. Joseph Cohen ↗

Co-founder & CEO of Browser Company. Josh Miller ↗

Founder of Quizlet. Andrew Sutherland ↗

Partner at Benchmark. Blake Robbins ↗

Former Head of Marketing at Notion. Camille Ricketts ↗

Co-founder & CEO of Entrepreneur First. Matt Clifford ↗

Serial entrepreneur & investor. Justin Mares ↗

Former COO of Stripe. Claire Hughes Johnson ↗

Investor & entrepreneur. Daniel Gross ↗

Audience of One: Investing in People and Writing ↗

Interviewee. With Spencer Kier

Sane New World: On ways of seeing ↗

Interviewee. With Ida Josefiina

Narratives: Cultivating agency ↗

Interviewee. With Will Jarvis

Seed to Harvest: Moth Fund ↗

Interviewee. With Paige Finn Doherty

Betaworks: Creativity and Tools for Thinking ↗

Interviewee. With Sam Arbesman and Jerry Michalski

Metamuse: Computers and Creativity ↗

Interviewee. With Adam Wiggins and Mark McGranaghan

Mind Mud ↗

I write essays sometimes — usually putting myself under a microscope to better understand how human beings work.

How do you chart your change? checking in ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2024 Devotion ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2023 Deliberate ↗

How do you chart your change? Circles ↗

Do you believe in the value of your voice? Confidence ↗

What is femininity and how do we use it? Complementary ↗

Are you watching yourself through others' eyes? Women ↗

Is figuring out who you are a waste? (Self) concept ↗

What is your relationship to reality? Conviction ↗

Stuff I learned and was wrong about in 2021 Chapters ↗

How do you frame freedom for yourself? Commitments ↗

Are you critical enough of your self-criticisms? Critical ↗

What are you going to do with your time? Callings ↗

Will you explore or will you exploit? Concentration ↗

Why are we so wimpy? Courage ↗

Is it speed or certainty that you crave? Certainty ↗

Are you quiet or are you scared? Communication ↗

How do we care for the people we love? Compassion ↗

Why We Crave Software With Style Over “Branding” ↗

Essay. Op-ed published by a16z Future

Computers & Creativity →

Research. How can digital creative tools be co-creators?

Scaling the personal grantmaking sector →

Research. Investing in individuals creates more companies

Personal peopling principles →

Notes. Stuff I'm stubborn about