Mark Lurie is the CEO and co-founder of Shipyard Software. Shipyard Software builds decentralized exchanges (DEX) for specific types of trades, traders, and instruments, starting with Clipper, a DEX with … Continue reading “”

Laura Behrens Wu (@LauraBehrensWu) is the co-founder and CEO of Shippo. Shippo is an API-first company focused on building shipping for 21st-century e-commerce. When Laura Behrens Wu launched her own … Continue reading “”

I had a fun conversation with Mark Peter Davis of Interplay about my love of marketplaces and all things FJ Labs. The discussion was peppered with lots of entrepreneurial advice … Continue reading “”

Esta semana eu estava em Finse, na Noruega, treinando para uma expedição polar. O treinamento envolvia esquiar até 25 km por dia enquanto puxava um trenó de 130 libras em … Continue lendo “Por quê?”

Há um ano, em Welcome to the Everything Bubble, argumentei que uma combinação sem precedentes de políticas monetárias e fiscais frouxas estava alimentando uma bolha em todas as classes de … Continue lendo “O grande desconhecido”

Alisa Cohn (@AlisaCohn) is a prominent startup coach who has advised founders and executives at Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Bloomberg. She’s one-time startup CFO, strategy consultant, … Continue reading “”

Thomas Plantenga is the CEO of Vinted. He was born and raised in the Netherlands. Thomas was previously a Venture Partner at FJ Labs and an early member of OLX. … Continue reading “”

In episode 27, I took a stab at which categories investors and entrepreneurs should focus on for the coming 5 years. In today’s episode, I wanted to cover the themes … Continue reading “”

I had a fantastic and far ranging conversation with Ted Seides on Capital Allocators about my path to entrepreneurship and investing, my love of marketplaces and all things FJ Labs. … Continue reading “”

O mundo continuou atolado no custo pessoal e econômico da pandemia contínua, mas minha vida atingiu um novo auge com o nascimento do meu filho, François Olivier Jean-Paul Grinda, em … Continue lendo “2021: O melhor ano de todos!”

When Satoshi Nakamoto famously wrote the Bitcoin white paper on November 13, 2008, it proposed to solve the Byzantine Generals problem. The Byzantine Generals Problem is solving the puzzle of … Continue reading “”

In a way I live in your future. By virtue of receiving 150 startup pitches per week, I have a good sense of what founders are trying to build for … Continue reading “”