A few months back, on a normal Saturday morning, my day started as it typically would:  leisurely getting out of bed, feeding my cats, and brewing coffee. However, as I thought about the things I had planned on doing that Saturday (going to the gym, cooking with a new technique I saw in one of… Read more

What do SpaceX, Nvidia, and ASML have in common? They all boast robust technology moats, giving them a formidable edge over their competitors. However, technology moats are not the impenetrable fortresses they sometimes appear to be. In fact, they could be the Achilles’ heel that leads to a startup’s downfall. How? Let’s take a look.… Read more

Ownership – the outcome of the moment of truth for venture capitalists and founders in their courtship process. If everyone did their parts right, the founders would be happy (ish?) about the piece of the company they are handing over to the VCs, and the VCs would be happy to have a meaningful enough stake… Read more

I’ve been writing on this blog for almost a decade now. There were times when I was very active and times when I barely wrote anything. Initially, I just wrote my thoughts. Over time, I started adding other things. I published a little newsletter with some of my favorite readings and internet finds for a… Read more

Yesterday, the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced. It was awarded to John F. Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.” This topic is dear to my heart: the exciting weirdness of quantum physics was one of the most… Read more

(Perhaps, I was never truly happy. But it is known that misfortune requires a lost paradise.) There is no man who does not aspire to plenitude, that is, the sum of all experiences that a man is capable of; there is no man who does not fear to be cheated out of some part of… Read more