The title reflects my most important life lesson of 2018: I gave up and moved from two personally important projects I pursued for the last 6 years. Back in 2012, … Continue reading “”

تعد عملية كتابة أفكارك على الورق مفيدة لأنها تبلور تفكيرك وقد تسمح لعقلك الباطن بالتوصل إلى الإجابة الصحيحة في الأيام والأسابيع والأشهر التالية لرسالتك الإلكترونية لنفسك. تتيح لك الخطوة 2 … متابعة قراءة “إطار لاتخاذ القرارات المهمة: الخطوة 2/4”

يبدو أن هناك مسارًا افتراضيًا واضحًا جدًا في الحياة فيما يتعلق بالتوقعات المجتمعية والأبوية والشخصية: الذهاب إلى الكلية، والحصول على وظيفة، والزواج، وإنجاب الأطفال. بالإضافة إلى المسار العام الافتراضي، هناك … متابعة قراءة “إطار لاتخاذ القرارات المهمة: الخطوة 1/4”

All my recommendations from last year’s 2017 Holiday Gadget Gift Guide still hold, so if you are in the market for a notebook, TV, headset or Webcam just refer to … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of running into Alejandro Cremades at the latest Founders Forum in New York. As luck would have it, he had prepared the angel investor ranking for … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of chatting with Meb Faber, co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. He normally covers public market investing which led to a fun … Continue reading “”

I received numerous requests for book recommendations in the last few weeks. The rise in the mercury clearly correlates with an increase in reading under umbrellas on the beach. Here … Continue reading “”

مما يثير استيائي الشديد أن حبيبي باغيرا توفي منذ عام . أردت أن أشارك هذا التكريم لكل الحب والسعادة التي جلبتها لحياتي. أحبك وأفتقدك باغيرا!

They counted publicly recorded investments and exits to make their ranking. Admittedly they are not the best metrics. Number of investments only shows how prolific I am, not how good … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of being invited to be the closing keynote speaker at the Global Online Marketplaces Summit in Miami. I presented how FJ Labs evaluates marketplaces we invest … Continue reading “”

FJ Labs just had its best exit ever with Zynga’s acquisition of Gram Games for $250 million, yielding a 75x multiple in cash upfront, not including escrow and earnout payments … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of chatting with Matthieu Stefani about my origin story as a young Sheldon Cooper 🙂 iOS users should download episode 32 in the app store.

We covered everything and anything: autonomous cars, crypto, hot trends, failures and much more!