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Continue reading →: Early Stage Advisor Equity GrantsI have been thinking about early stage equity and advisor grants for some time, including a post in 2016, that I rely on and wanted to revisit. I have had a few founder friends reach out to me asking about how much equity to give to an advisor, and had…
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Continue reading →: Crypto on iceThere has been so much written about the recent collapse of FTX and SBF and things are changing every day. I don’t have much to add beyond what I am reading, mostly in shock. Thankfully I did not have exposure to this catastrophe happening, but of course the prices are…
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Continue reading →: Lessons Learned in a DownturnIn reading about macro market events during the pandemic, I learned that people writing down their thoughts – in journals or notes – benefited greatly. I have done this a few times over the past few years, and in some cases it makes sense to publish those thoughts here. To…
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Continue reading →: Tools I use: Krisp.aiBackground noise is a pain. Dogs barking. Babies crying. Leaf blowers war on leaves in the burbs. Cars in the city. You name it, and I have had it going in the background. This was all until I found a tool called Krisp that kills background noise. Yes, seriously. The…
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Continue reading →: Building Conviction When Startup InvestingI wanted to start sharing some of my investing thesis, how I make investments, and more importantly WHY I make them. I shared the following on Twitter recently and wanted to include in my blog here. 1/ I wanted to start sharing the WHY behind investments I have made and…
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Continue reading →: Tools I use: VimcalI tweeted out the other day after being sick of dealing with calendar back and forth planning about what tools people use. To my delight someone recommended Vimcal and I have been hooked ever since. The beauty of this tool is that you can grab open days and times AND…
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Continue reading →: Pro Tips When Starting UpI finalized my notes for the ODX Accelerator program, the early stage accelerator I am building at On Deck, and I wanted to summarize here. I love the start of programs, when teams are excited – all at the earliest stages of company creation. Running accelerator programs, investing in startups,…
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Continue reading →: 2022 PredictionsAnother trip around the sun is coming to a close for planet earth, and for the last few years I have been making predictions and holding myself accountable to them. Wow, I scored an incredible 1.5 out of 10! Now onwards to 2022 Let’s do it again and dive right…
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Continue reading →: Its time to experimentWe are experiencing a renaissance of builders, explorers, and experimenters within web3. The amount of incredible people gravitating towards this space is incredible to watch. Inspired by the Marc Andreesen post Its Time To Build my friend and long time collaborator and investing partner Naveen and I launched something to…
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Continue reading →: The Psychology Of Money & MeI read and loved the book The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and it had a profound impact on me. For those who have been around me recently know that I have adopted and paraphrased a mantra from the book: There is a difference between being wealth and being…
I’m Eric Friedman and these are my thoughts on early stage investing, startups, and Building The Machine.
