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Jul
13
Shopify: The Story of Tobi Lutke

Shopify: The Story of Tobi Lutke

I basically owe my entire entrepreneurial career to Shopify. I absolutely love the founder, Tobi Lutke and think what he’s built at Shopify is incredible. Hopefully you enjoy this story about his journey, it’s so awesome seeing a gamer become a big time tech CEO.
11 min read
Jul
08
Why Epic Games Took 25 Years to Make Fortnite

Why Epic Games Took 25 Years to Make Fortnite

Epic Games is such an interesting company. 30 years in the making, it's not really a startup anymore, but I think they are going to have a big impact on technology broadly over the next decade.
12 min read
Jun
22
How Michael Dubin Built the Dollar Shave Club Empire

How Michael Dubin Built the Dollar Shave Club Empire

I'm a big fan of Michael Dubin and worked with a bunch of his team members when I was building the Soylent subscription ecommerce site back in 2014. This is an older story, but hopefully one you haven't heard before.
9 min read
Jun
14
How Jason Citron Built Discord

How Jason Citron Built Discord

I use Discord everyday and thought it would be interesting to talk through the company’s history and why I think Jason Citron is such an awesome entrepreneur.
9 min read
Jun
01
How Sara Blakely Built Spanx

How Sara Blakely Built Spanx

Hope you enjoy this story about Sara Blakely. She's a really incredible entrepreneur who often gets overlooked because she didn't raise money or take Spanx public. There are some great lessons from her career that I think are really useful, especially if you're building a consumer products company.
8 min read
May
07
How Tiger Global Wins Deals

How Tiger Global Wins Deals

The entire way Silicon Valley works is being upended by a small group of extremely aggressive wall street hedge fund managers. Tiger Global has rewritten the playbook for startup investing and late stage venture capitalists are hurting.
8 min read