I yesterday had an amazing phone call with my sister. Though she was sick and had slept little the night before, she made time for a long talk. I’m still processing a conversation I had about apartheid, and she had some helpful perspectives. Her big point to me is that it’s really tough to convince
Apartheid and Hope
The topic of apartheid came up recently. It was a talk that left me incredibly angry and sad. But, it resulted in hope. Let me explain. For me, apartheid is personal. Race was a topic during my coming-of-age. A white girlfriend’s mother didn’t want her daughter dating me, an Asian. Two guys in a parking
911
On this quiet Saturday morning, I find myself thinking a lot about Doug. A few days ago, I arrived early at a hotel before a breakfast with my friend, James Cooke. I was hanging out in the lobby. Out of the corner of my eye, something looked odd. I saw an older man in a
A Piece of Art
I just bought my first piece of art. A friend, James Cooke, built a one-of-a-kind desk lamp for me. Here’s a picture of it. I’m writing about this because I’m very grateful for the insane creativity and amount of work. I’m also writing this because I think it’s important to support artists in our community.
Kepha’s Fund 2
I try to reflect more at year-end, and so, I thought I’d write here about our first year investing from Kepha’s Fund 2. We’re very grateful to our LPs for supporting us with another fund. We cut over to Fund 2 spring of 2012 and we’ve since made six seed investments. We plan on continuing that
Money and Arrogance
Business Insider recently published a story called “Silicon Valley Is Living Inside a Bubble of Tone-Deaf Arrogance.” It highlighted a number of incidents in the Bay area regarding wealth and the ensuing self-confidence it can create. I don’t know the people in the article, and I don’t want to judge them. But, I can write that