Wow i’ve taken quite the break from this forum. In that time substack has become the influence platform du jour. My original motivation for writing was to catalog the global revolution in startups beyond silicon valley, and since then I moved to London to start a startup with the goal of building a nationally significant company in a new ecosystem — so i’ve been heads down.
Last summer I gave a talk on building a nationally significant company and some of the principles behind the biggest global success stories. With the US economy destabilized by highly polarizing economic policy, the differences in global ecosystems and conditions for startups to flourish or even to form has now become interesting again — from OpenAI & Deepmind to Deepseek and Tariffs and Temu. Its time to dive right back in.
Expect some new content. I’m back. And thanks for your patience.