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3 weeks ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
Brex: The banking solution for startups. Generalist+: Essential intelligence for modern investors and technologists. While the world fights over chips, one company is building the power supply to run them all. In this episode of The Generalist, I'm joined by Bob Mumgaard, CEO and co-founder of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), and Vinod Khosla, legendary venture capitalist and founder of Khosla Ventures.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
“Amazing in-depth insights.” — Deepen P, a paying memberFriends,In 1992, Steve Jobs gave a lecture at MIT that included an intriguing detail: for virtually every one of his best hires, it took about a year to get them on board. “What happens is I usually meet somebody that I think is very, very good and you can’t get them,” Jobs explained.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
Friends,The first edition of the Deal Club is officially live in The Generalist’s Substack chat! In today’s edition, you’ll find six startups I think are especially worth watching, including a 23&Me competitor, an AI accounting product, a crypto infrastructure play, and an emerging market super-app.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
"Loved the depth and topic selection!" — Nushaine F, a paying subscriberFriends,There are many good reasons to angel invest and one quite bad one. Some good ones: you get to learn from great founders, meet interesting people, discover new technologies early, build a valuable network, hone your investing abilities, and burnish a reputation. A bad one: you hope to make life-altering money. We have all heard stories of small checks turning into multi-million dollar windfalls.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
🌟 Hey there! This is a subscriber-only edition of our premium newsletter designed to make you a better founder, investor, and technologist. Members get access to the strategies, tactics, and wisdom of exceptional investors and founders. Friends,Every career is a sort of game.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
"Best tech writer on the internet!" – Adam G, a paying subscriber. (Thank you! 🙏)Friends,Ever since I began working in venture capital, I’ve been fascinated by the craft of consumer investing. Though every great investor relies on intuition and feel to some extent, there is a certain cold-eyed rationality that can be used to analyze B2B opportunities: How large is the market? What current solutions exist? How much do companies pay for them? What new benefit does a startup offer?
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
“Some of the most thoughtful and in-depth long form content around our industry. I am always waiting for the next piece!” - Aditi M, a paying subscriberFriends,“Robin has some strange ideas,” Tyler Cowen writes in his 2007 book Discover Your Inner Economist. “He pays $200 a year for the privilege of having his head frozen wh…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Generalist to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
“Best tech writer on the internet!” - Adam G, a paying subscriberFriends,Without really realizing it, I think we’ve written the most actionable and comprehensive book about venture capital ever. Through our writing at The Generalist, I’ve had the chance to see how elite investors build, manage, and grow their funds. As much as I was interested in the what of these discussions, I became increasingly obsessed with the how. “Ok, you found this breakout company, but how, exactly?
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
"The best long-form essays on VC & Private Companies. " - a premium memberFriends,The lifespan of most venture firms is short. Just a third of new managers make it to a Fund 2, and a minuscule 10% live to see their fourth vintage. If you were to look at the average, you would conclude that these organizations are the fruitflies of the investing world – here for a busy, buzzy day before tumbling to their death. But averages are obscure. Yes, most firms die quickly, but some live for decades or longer.
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1 month ago | 
generalist.com | Mario Gabriele
Subscribe to make sure you don’t miss our first episode, launching tomorrow:Friends,Today marks the start of something I’ve wanted to create for a long time: The Generalist Podcast. There’s a saying – usually attributed to science fiction writer William Gibson – that I think about with inordinate frequency: “The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed.” Our goal with The Generalist Podcast is to help distribute the future more evenly through conversations with the people who see it first.
