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Chess, Computers and the Time Value of Money

Venture fund partners are rewarded for Return on Investment. Limited partners in venture funds focus on Internal Rate of Return. Interests…

Oct 20

Chess, Computers and the Time Value of Money

Oct 20

When to Launch Your Startup: Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind

Entrepreneurship awakens when ambition converges on a lucrative opportunity. Insight inspires latent entrepreneurial intent. This describes…

Oct 14

When to Launch Your Startup: Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind

Oct 14

Founder’s Dilemmas: Strategies to Anticipate and Avoid the Pitfalls that can Sink a Startup

Founding teams must align on three Rs: Relationships, Roles & Rewards. Startups that do have resilient founding teams but misalignment on…

Sep 29

Founder’s Dilemmas: Strategies to Anticipate and Avoid the Pitfalls that can Sink a Startup

Sep 29

Seeking Alpha: Second Level Thinking in Venture Capital

Contrarian thinking is required for investors to outperform the public markets. Innovation also relies on contrarian thinking. Yet the…

Sep 9

Seeking Alpha: Second Level Thinking in Venture Capital

Sep 9

Art & Science of Attracting Talent: Who Scorecard

Who is your number one problem. Not what. Talent is the key success factor for any startup. No other factor is close. The Who Scorecard…

Aug 10

Art & Science of Attracting Talent: Who Scorecard

Aug 10

TAM and its Many Misuses: How to Assess Opportunity in Emerging and Invisible Markets

TAM can be a valuable tool for founders, but it is often misused, especially when startups pursue markets that do not yet exist. This…

Aug 5

TAM and its Many Misuses: How to Assess Opportunity in Emerging and Invisible Markets

Aug 5

Seeking Alpha: Thesis Driven v. Thematic Investing

As noted last week, Investment Filters establish boundary conditions for investment. Investment Filters conserve energy both for investors…

Jul 28

Seeking Alpha: Thesis Driven v. Thematic Investing

Jul 28

Investment Filters: Simple Rules to Hit Investment Targets

Investment Filters set boundary conditions and provide simple guidelines for investments consistent with fund strategy. Filters coordinate…

Jul 20

Investment Filters: Simple Rules to Hit Investment Targets

Jul 20

DeepSeek’s “Sputnik Moment”: Data and the Global AI Race

Silicon Valley and Washington are missing the main point on DeepSeek. DeepSeek is a data not hardware play. Data is the new infrastructure…

Mar 17

DeepSeek’s “Sputnik Moment”: Data and the Global AI Race

Mar 17

Why We Read Books: The Value of Long Form Content in a Sound Bite Era

Books are taken a beating. In 2023, 767 million printed books were sold in the United States, down 2.7% from 2022 and 9% from a record 843…

Feb 5

Why We Read Books: The Value of Long Form Content in a Sound Bite Era

Feb 5

Paul Asel

Paul Asel

Managing Partner @ngpcapital, a global VC with $1.6B AUM. Portfolio: Lime, Zum, SVT, Workfusion ... Writes about innovation, VC, AI, entrepreneurship.

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