Paul AselThe Five Forces: Five Startup Strategies for Winner Take Most Markets“Full many a flower was meant to blush unseen and waste its fragrance on the desert air. Full many a man was meant to scale the heights but…8h ago8h ago
Paul AselThree Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder FitWhat do Amazon, Alibaba, AirBnB, Bentley Systems, Cisco, DataDog, PagerDuty, Peloton, Pinterest, Robinhood, SquareSpace, Uber, Udemy and…5d ago5d ago
Paul AselDominant Design: The Superhighway to Industry GrowthIn February, I predicted a tepid response to the release of Apple Vision Pro. This was a contrarian view as Barron’s projected a $174…Aug 30Aug 30
Paul AselParadigm Shifts: Ten Winning Strategies for Disruptive Innovators“There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things…Aug 24Aug 24
Paul AselSocial Capital: Six Startup Strategies to Upend IncumbentsIn 2015, thousands of taxi drivers in Paris rioted blocking thoroughfares, damaging cars, and threatening Uber drivers while seeking a ban…Aug 19Aug 19
Paul AselThe Checklist Manifesto: Three Best Practices to Improve Venture Capital PerformanceSummit day on Mount McKinley! Tent bound at 18,000 feet for two days in blizzard conditions, we were eager for our summit bid on the…Jun 26Jun 26
Paul AselSuperforecasting: Ten Investment Practices to Improve PerformanceInvesting requires good judgment, which is blurred by bounded rationality in an uncertain world. Early-stage venture investing is further…Jun 5Jun 5
Paul AselSeeking Alpha: How Investors Derive Signal from NoiseIn recent months, the investment community observed the passing of Charlie Munger and Daniel Kahneman. Munger and Kahneman came from…May 30May 30
Paul AselAccelerating Growth to Stay Ahead of Competitors & In Sync with CustomersPacing and Performance: Be Quick but Don’t Be in a HurryMar 24Mar 24
Paul AselInvesting in Generative Artificial Intelligence & the Gartner Hype Cycle: Is the Hype Worth It?“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” Warren Buffett, 1998 Berkshire…Mar 17Mar 17