Venture Capital

Letters to a Young Investor: Mike Maples, Jr.
The Floodgate co-founder on backing Twitter and missing Figma.
 • Mario Gabriele
How to Build a Tier 1 Fund
Kirsten Green’s tactical lessons from scaling Forerunner into a venture force.
 • Mario Gabriele
How to Be a Top 1% Angel
A guide to winning as an individual investor.
 • Mario Gabriele
Kirsten Green: A Consumer Investing Masterclass
Kirsten Green shares the unique frameworks she uses to find consumer unicorns first.
 • Mario Gabriele
Letters to a Young Investor: Kirsten Green
The Forerunner founder on failure, persistence, and breaking into venture.
 • Mario Gabriele
What to Watch in 2025
The companies, markets, tokens, and themes that will define the year
 • Mario Gabriele
The Best Investing Advice
50 pieces of wisdom from some of the world's best investors
 • Mario Gabriele
Mullet Capitalists
To survive venture’s “extinction event,” emerging managers should adopt a new style
 • Mario Gabriele
52 Venture Lessons
A miniature investing curriculum
 • Mario Gabriele
Vinod Khosla’s “Founder Mode”
Lessons from Brian Chesky, Jack Dorsey, Patrick Collison, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman.
 • Mario Gabriele
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.
 • Mario Gabriele
Ho Nam on an Investor’s Legacy
The Altos co-founder talks about hard times, being a great partner, and building a venture firm to last.
 • Mario Gabriele
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