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The Most Overlooked Trait of Investing Success

I once asked a doctor: What’s the hardest part of your job…

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Explaining Old Products To My Son

My son turns one next week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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The Difference Between a Bubble and a Cycle

Brace yourself.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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Today’s Innovations Are Tomorrow’s Baseline

Tony Hawk was the best skateboarder of all time.

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The Hierarchy of Earning Profit

The joke has been around for years…

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Get Rid of the Boring

“If you were financially independent – say you had $100 million – would you still work here?”.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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Old World, New World

Here’s an iron rule of economics…

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What A Time to Be Alive

John D. Rockefeller was the richest man the world had ever seen.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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Good News: There’s Nowhere Left to Hide

Here’s my theory.

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Simple Rules of Capitalism

You can’t accurately describe how complicated the global economy is.

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When You Change the World and No One Notices

Do you know what’s happening in this picture? Literally one of the most important events in human history.

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How Warby Parker, Casper, and Dollar Shave Club Are Inspiring a New Generation of Entrepreneurs

By nearly any metric, it’s never been a better time to launch a consumer products company.

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The way we talk about exit matters.

WalMart announced a $3.3B acquisition of Jet.com last week, accompanied by press (e.g.

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Consumer Startups Are a Great Investment. Here’s Why.

Last month, the $1 billion acquisition of Dollar Shave Club by CPG giant Unilever prompted headlines like “Who’s Next?” and…

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Things We Make, Things We Grow

A few months ago I was having breakfast with a mentor and investor of ours, who said something very interesting…

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A New Basis For Brand Loyalty

Brand loyalty, for CPG and retail companies, can be tough to achieve, but once unlocked, can be a transformative force…

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Put down Pokémon Go, kids: there’s something better

For all its challenges, being a kid right now is pretty darn cool.

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The Business of Good Style

Shirley Kurata was 19 when she decided to move to Paris to study fashion.

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Adventuring with Sawyer, One Kids’ Class at a Time

Marissa Evans Alden was a college student when she started her first company.

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Grow the Pie (not Your Slice)

It’s incredibly common to hear the following as a seed stage VC: “I decided to hire [junior employee X…

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