Sitemap - 2022 - Stretch Four Insights

Top posts, books, podcasts, and more from 2022

The business of Deion Sanders, networking and cap table management rules and guidelines for 2023

Should Founders Take Money From VC Scouts?

Solo parenting, VCU basketball, The NBA opens business to sovereign wealth funds, and the venture-tech media wars

Founder secondaries, VC exposure to crypto and Twitter takeaways

North Carolina, Some NBA, AfroTech, and Black Panther

Recapping two big exits totaling $1.2 billion in cash and FTX collapses nearly overnight

The NBA and Kyrie Irving, Steve Ballmer, and Venture Hype Cycles

What is going on with the San Antonio Spurs, Merge raises big Series B, Venture associates have nothing to do, and my biggest takeaway from Lex Fridman’s interview with Ye

Tax credits for NBA teams, tax breaks for us all, generative AI goes mainstream with venture capital, and Money 2020

The NBA is back, two sides to Miami real estate transactions, and why buying fintech infrastructure gets way to much thought from founders

Catherine Ordeman Mercury’s Head of Banking Partnerships

Stealing money from Steph Curry, The Launch House fiasco, and Stanford sugar babies, and Figma's real winners.

Steph Curry’s Rolling Stone Feature, Texas versus California, The Business Credit Card Wars, Figma Exits for $20 billion

The OCC and Banks, Credit Karma selling dreams, NYC pension funds and gun violence, and the basketball mecca’s NBA mediocracy

Garry Tan to lead YCombinator into the future, Alloy banks another $52 million, and Wealthfront to stay independent afterall

Adam Neumann bankrolls his new startup, companies implement in-office policies and the enigma of Andrew Tate

Health & Wellness Edition: A Day in The Life of Founders Part 2 (Self-interview)

Health & Wellness Edition: A Day in The Life of Founders Part 1 (Self-interview)

Timeless Watches, Why the Silicon Valley Ethos Will Remain, Still Long on Tech Stocks, China Payday lending, The Power Grid In Texas, and More

NBA Summer League, Founders Podcast Series, Gunnar Peterson on Health and Fitness, Equifax vs. Experian

Teaching my 4-month old how to code, Sequoia launches it’s own YCombinator competitor, SBF is the Crypto Savior & more

Happy Fourth of July Weekend

How ICONIQ, Sequoia, and Tiger left billions on the table in 2021, KD gives his take on the finals and new media, and The $500M Warriors

The Checkbook machine that is the Golden State Warriors, Father's Day, Juneteenth, and my wedding anniversary weekend

Twitter Dunks on Web3, The Rise of Chipper Cash & African Tech Founders, The New Media Gets Another Win, Dan Blizerian, and Greg Norman launches PGA killer

NBA Finals Game 1; The Wire Turns 20; Fintech Nexus Recap, New Books for June

Financial Infrastructure Wars, Plaid Forum at Midway SF, Luna, and TerraUSD go to nearly zero, and the big private rounds that are still happening

The Bolt Saga continues, The Robinhood Takeover Begins, Emergent Creators takeover tech media, Kendrick Lamar returns, and Elon backs away from Twitter Acquisition

Neo Tax: Disrupting Hell Week For Accountants and Small Businesses

Venture capitalists run for the hills, MainStreet and OnDeck layoffs, 40-year-old and up founders, Black CEO hiring dilemmas

Private Markets, Elon, Crypto, Big Tech Compensation, NBA Player Media Wars

AppLovin, The Point Forward Podcast, Index Funds, and Position-less basketball

Fast edition: My take on Fast shutdown the immigrant founder advantage, and the Grizzlies

Building expertise in other markets as a founder, The NBA's MVP race and build versus buy, and just listening to Buffet on Index funds

Notes on fatherhood, the newsletter, fundraising, and the power law

Reporting on the State of Venture Capital, My Hometown, and the Elephant in the Room: War

Inside Coatue’s Empire, Logan Murdock on Steph Curry, and Getting Amped up with Frank Slootman

My New Long Four Edition Process

Crypto Predictions for 2022, Inspiration for a 30-day Sugar Cleanse, and February's Book Club

Silicon Valley’s Mob Ties, An Assassination in LA, ID.me’s Debacle, The Heat is Rising, and My January Book Club Recaps

No-Code Startup Tools, JustWorks S1 Snapshot, Pinwheel Series B, & CP3’s longevity

Money in the Metaverse, Y Combinator Writing Bigger Checks, Crypto Talent Wars, and Grit and Grind 2.0

Who is Katie Haun, The Beginning of the Opioid Crisis, WeWork 2.0, OpenSea hits $13B, and the baby Bulls growing up

Books to kick off 2022, The Q.S.B.S. tax hack, private equity > venture capital, the Memphis Grizzlies, and plant-based dieting

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