Conversations about technology, culture, and the future.
- The Slow Hunch Podcast: Episode 4 with Jam CEO Dani GrantNov 23, 2024
A conversation with Jam CEO Dani Grant about her journey from USV analyst to founder, cultivating curiosity, and building tools that make bug-fixing and team collaboration not just efficient but joyful.
- The Slow Hunch Podcast: Episode 3 with Steven JohnsonOct 28, 2024
A conversation with author Steven Johnson — the originator of the "slow hunch" idea — about his path from Hypercard in the 1980s to building NotebookLM at Google Labs, and the dream of a digital commonplace book.
- Leverage Oct 18, 2024
Leverage is tricky. You need it to drive outcomes, but wielding it too openly can backfire. Best built up over time and used as modestly as possible.
- Low-Fi ComputingOct 10, 2024
Screens are everywhere and screen time is exhausting. A cultural backlash is coming. What might digital interfaces look like that capture the value of being connected while striking a calmer, less immersive tone?
- Doing Less, MoreOct 6, 2024
Raise less, spend less, ship faster. Doing something imperfectly and getting it out in the world almost always beats waiting to do it perfectly.
- The System-of-Record Network EffectOct 5, 2024
The most durable network effects often come from being the system of record. Carta, blockchains, and enterprise ERP systems all share a common pattern: the more records and stakeholders in the system, the more valuable it gets.
- The Slow Hunch Podcast: Episode 2 with Muneeb AliAug 5, 2024
A conversation with Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali about his decade-long slow hunch that blockchain networks will be used for far more than financial transactions, and why Bitcoin makes sense as the base layer.
- Introducing The Slow Hunch Podcast, and Episode 1 with Fraser KeltonJun 5, 2024
Introducing The Slow Hunch Podcast. First guest: Fraser Kelton, who went from building an AI mental health startup to launching ChatGPT at OpenAI to investing at Spark Capital.
- Moving Weaknesses into the Strengths ColumnApr 5, 2024
Instead of just strengthening your weaknesses directly, look for ways to move them into your strengths column by changing how you approach them.
- SuperpowersMar 18, 2024
It’s going to get interesting, fast