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Angel investor, founder, coach, and early-stage VC. Former startup person, even more former lawyer. Fan of sci-fi, free speech, weightlifting, gaming, and the Enneagram. Based in New England but working remotely.
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Sarah
Mar 8, 20194 min read
Startup trek, episode 18: Coming of Age
Season 1, episode 18: "Coming of Age" Lesson: how you fail says more about you than whether you fail This post is part of my ongoing...

Sarah
Mar 2, 20193 min read
Startup trek, episode 17: Home Soil
Season 1, episode 17, "Home Soil" Lesson: real-time language translation tools will be incredibly valuable This post is part of my...

Sarah
Feb 14, 20193 min read
Startup trek, episode 16: When The Bough Breaks
Season 1, episode 16, "When The Bough Breaks" Lesson: great leaders inspire their teams to pull off the impossible This post is part of...

Sarah
Feb 12, 20193 min read
Startup trek, episode 15: Too Short a Season
Season 1, episode 15, "Too Short a Season" Lesson: the secret to aging reversal may lie in our DNA This post is part of my ongoing quest...

Sarah
Feb 2, 20192 min read
Startup trek, episode 14: 11001001
Season 1, episode 14, “11001001" Lesson: ask for forgiveness, not permission This post is part of my ongoing quest to watch every...

Sarah
Jan 27, 20193 min read
Startup trek, episode 13: Angel One
Season 1, episode 13, “Angel One” Lesson: dress for the culture of the people you're meeting This post is part of my ongoing quest to ...

Sarah
Jan 6, 20195 min read
Startup trek, episode 12: Datalore
Season 1, episode 12, “Datalore” Lesson: people's facial expressions will tell you more than words This post is part of my ongoing quest...

Sarah
Dec 31, 20183 min read
Startup trek episode 11: The Big Goodbye
Season 1, episode 11, “The Big Goodbye” Lesson: take entertainment breaks from work to be more productive This post is part of my ongoing...


Sarah
Dec 31, 201810 min read
17 tips to crush your 2019 reading goal (which I used to read 100+ books this year)
I read 103 books in 2018. That was 30,851 pages across roughly 2 books a week, averaging 300 pages each. You may be thinking that I loaf...

Sarah
Dec 29, 20182 min read
Startup trek, episode 10: Haven
Season 1, episode 10, "Haven" Lesson: respect your employees' personal choices This post is part of my ongoing quest to watch every...

Sarah
Dec 19, 20185 min read
Startup trek, episode 9: Hide and Q
Season 1, episode 9, "Hide and Q" Lesson: games can be effective tools for quickly understanding people This post is part of my ongoing...

Sarah
Dec 10, 20183 min read
Startup trek, episode 8: The Battle
Season 1, episode 8, "The Battle" Lesson: simulated audio and video are entering a step change This post is part of my ongoing quest to...

Sarah
Dec 8, 20183 min read
Startup trek episode 7: Justice
Season 1, episode 7: "Justice" Lesson: make your point up front; don't babble This post is part of my ongoing quest to watch every...

Sarah
Dec 5, 20183 min read
Startup trek episode 6: Lonely Among Us
Season 1, episode 6, "Lonely Among Us" Lesson: trust your gut when it tells you something's off about a person The Enterprise...

Sarah
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Startup trek, episode 5: Where No One Has Gone Before
Season 1, episode 5: "Where No One Has Gone Before" Lesson: don't disregard employees' input just because they're junior This post is...

Sarah
Dec 1, 20183 min read
Startup trek, episode 4: The Last Outpost
Season 1, episode 4, "The Last Outpost" Lesson: Have parity of video chat on business calls (most of the time) This post is part of my...

Sarah
Nov 25, 20184 min read
Startup trek, episode 3: Code of Honor
Season 1, episode 3, "Code of Honor" Lesson: realistic haptic feedback is essential for a true augmented reality simulation This post is...

Sarah
Nov 25, 20183 min read
Startup trek episode 2: The Naked Now
Season 1, episode 2, "The Naked Now" Lesson: Bad shit happens when people get hammered at company parties This post is part of my ongoing...

Sarah
Nov 18, 20183 min read
Startup trek episode 1: Encounter at Farpoint
Season 1, episode 1, "Encounter at Farpoint" Lesson: Bring on a good COO to complement the CEO early on This post is part of my ongoing...


Sarah
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Startup Trek: to boldly go where no VC has gone before
Star Trek... the final frontier. I'm a fan of scifi--movies, shows, books, video games--but I've never seen a season of Star Trek. It...
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If you're building something that feels like it's out of a scifi novel, I will probably love it. Tough, tech-heavy ideas are my thing. E.g., robotics, AR/VR, gaming, and the future of consumer health.
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