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Back in 2019 I posted What is Money?, and it included a link to Perry Merhling’s course on Coursera. I had originally found his lectures on YouTube, which were at some point taken down. Today I found them, edited into two 6-hour pieces: I found these from today’s’ post on substack, The Hierarchy of Money. If you like my writing, subscribe to that feed. Share this: Click to share...

George Doriot (dor-ee-oh) was the key to modern venture capital and most of the rest of the early history of the venture capital industry is not documented. This is part 3 of a series. The (Lost) History of Venture Capital Venture Capital Took Decades to be Significant Arthur Rock helped invent Venture Capital The connection is that Arthur Rock was a student of Doriot, as was Thomas Davis. After...

I was born in the State of New Jersey, a few tens of miles from New York City. In the many years growing up there, I don’t once recall anyone ever comparing it to the original Jersey, nor anyone ever talking about visiting the Island of Jersey, which gave New Jersey its name. Then last September I was networking at an African investment conference in London and serendipitously met a fellow...

On today’s episode, Luni shares about how he grows impactful companies, his work with Fledge and Africa Eats (which is formed by the graduates of the Fledge program), and why storytelling is such an important skill for any entrepreneur. Key Actionable Advice 1. One can create impact with a company by embedding the mission into its products or solutions. Like Wholefoods, the mission to provide...