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The Bitter Religion: AI’s Holy War Over Scaling Laws
The AI community is locked in a doctrinal battle about its future and whether sufficient scale will create God.
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Michael Dempsey

October 2024

52 Tiny Venture Lessons
A miniature investing curriculum
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Mario Gabriele
How VCs Build Soft Power
A guide to constructing a personal monopoly.
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Mario Gabriele
Inside the Secret School for the World’s Best Founders
Avra, run by former Y Combinator investors, keeps a low profile. It’s quickly becoming a critical partner for elite entrepreneurs.
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Mario Gabriele
5
Vinod Khosla’s “Founder Mode”
Lessons from Brian Chesky, Jack Dorsey, Patrick Collison, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman.
 • 
Mario Gabriele
1

September 2024

Mastering Portfolio Construction
How to build a strategy that maximizes returns.
 • 
Mario Gabriele
1
How to Raise From Institutional LPs
The definitive tactical guide to winning over endowments, foundations, and more.
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Mario Gabriele
2

August 2024

The Elon Musk Playbook
The management principles of the world’s most productive and polarizing person.
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Mario Gabriele
5
Chip War's Chris Miller on Putin, China, and The Future
The historian and writer shares his thoughts on great power conflict, Japanese economic history, and flawed utility functions.
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Mario Gabriele
6
The Story of a 2,500x Investment
Between 1988 and 1998, Vinod Khosla went on one of the hottest streaks in venture history, delivering $10 billion in profits.
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Mario Gabriele
2
How to Spot a Supertrend
A definitive guide to seeing into the future and capitalizing on it.
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Mario Gabriele
4
Consider the Eel
Inside the curious and potentially lucrative quest to grow eels in a laboratory.
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Joseph Rachman
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