Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Today is our annual get together for USV portfolio company CEOs. A few years back, when we first started building out the USV network, we switched to an un-conference format. Gary Chou who first started to bring portfolio companies in the network pioneered this. Gary’s insight was to create an opportunity to talk about issues in small groups of peers and start a dialog which can then continue throughout the year.
Having been a CEO myself, the hard thing is the feeling of being alone. It is easy to succumb to that even if you have surrounded yourself with a really strong team. There are decisions which only you can make and have to make. Some of those decisions will decide the trajectory of the entire company for everyone who has worked on it or invested in it. And that is a lot of pressure.
It helps tremendously to have a small group of people you trust who are in the same position or have been in the same position. This is only partially or maybe not at all about getting their judgment as an input. It is about sharing your particular dilemma with someone who fully appreciates its complexity and weight. That’s the emotional resonance from which we draw strength.
I am looking forward to listening in on some of the discussions that will take place today. I will learn from those conversations but more importantly each one is an opportunity for someone to receive and build the support they need as CEO.
Today is our annual get together for USV portfolio company CEOs. A few years back, when we first started building out the USV network, we switched to an un-conference format. Gary Chou who first started to bring portfolio companies in the network pioneered this. Gary’s insight was to create an opportunity to talk about issues in small groups of peers and start a dialog which can then continue throughout the year.
Having been a CEO myself, the hard thing is the feeling of being alone. It is easy to succumb to that even if you have surrounded yourself with a really strong team. There are decisions which only you can make and have to make. Some of those decisions will decide the trajectory of the entire company for everyone who has worked on it or invested in it. And that is a lot of pressure.
It helps tremendously to have a small group of people you trust who are in the same position or have been in the same position. This is only partially or maybe not at all about getting their judgment as an input. It is about sharing your particular dilemma with someone who fully appreciates its complexity and weight. That’s the emotional resonance from which we draw strength.
I am looking forward to listening in on some of the discussions that will take place today. I will learn from those conversations but more importantly each one is an opportunity for someone to receive and build the support they need as CEO.
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