venture capital

Alpha Lives in the Tails

Betting on Non-Consensus, and Finding Mispriced Assets

Apr 6 • Scott Hartley

Billy Madison Approach to Fundraising

Why being the most mature company at your stage, is a good thing

Apr 2 • Scott Hartley

Investing at the Edge of the Map

Backing Founders Pushing the Frontier, Not Creating Loops

Mar 17 • Scott Hartley

Plain Vanilla with a Twist

How to simplify your product go-to-market

Dec 17, 2025 • Scott Hartley

Network Effects in Venture Capital

How Strong Signals Create Compound Benefits

Dec 1, 2025 • Scott Hartley

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

How AI is transforming service businesses into high-efficiency tech companies

Jan 21, 2025 • Scott Hartley

Time Dislocations in Venture Capital

Why today's exit crunch is tomorrow's opportunity

Nov 8, 2024 • Scott Hartley

Venture Capital as Psychology

Motivation is at the core of successful entrepreneurship

Sep 6, 2024 • Scott Hartley

Product, Founder, & Velocity VCs

Focus on the Why Now, Who, then the What

Jun 13, 2024 • Scott Hartley

The Thin Startup

Greater Accuracy, Precision, and Economy with AI

May 20, 2024 • Scott Hartley

Why Startups Need Financial Models

It's never too early to map your assumptions, and conditions

Apr 26, 2024 • Scott Hartley

Frameworks Lag Reality

Spotting asymmetries between what's popular and what's true

Mar 27, 2024 • Scott Hartley

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