Collab Blog
Different Kinds of Smart
by Morgan Housel —“The older I get the more I realize how many kinds of smart there are.
Read moreThe Consumer AI Revolution Won’t Be Technical. It’ll Be Emotional.
by Sophie Bakalar —In technology, the obvious revolutions often come last.
Read moreWhat Comes Next Isn’t a Product. It’s a Provocation.
by Nicholas Negroponte —This year marks the 40th anniversary of the MIT Media Lab, a place I helped create not to organize what…
Read moreA Few Questions
by Morgan Housel —Which of my strongest beliefs are formed on second-hand information vs.
Read moreTop-Decile Returns for Sesame Street
by Craig Shapiro —We launched Collab+Sesame in 2016 as a pre-seed and seed-focused fund with a simple but powerful thesis: as tech entrepreneurs…
Read moreA Few Short Stories
by Morgan Housel —Thirty-seven thousand Americans died in car accidents in 1955, six times today’s rate adjusted for miles driven.
Read moreMy Thoughts on Tariffs, Economic History, and the Market Decline
by Morgan Housel —Below is a transcript from a recent podcast I did on the tariff news.
Read moreTurning $5M Into $100M
by Matt Kaufman —In 2015, Collaborative Fund made an unusually bold bet—investing $5 million—20% of a $25 million fund—into a single startup.
Read moreBeautiful vs. Practical Advice
by Morgan Housel —I heard a phrase recently: “Magazine architect.”.
Read morePure Independence
by Morgan Housel —A simple formula for a pretty nice life is independence plus purpose.
Read moreThe Quiet Beverage Bet Outpacing AI Hype: How OLIPOP’s Investors Are Winning
by Matt Kaufman —If I told you a company was on track for $500M in sales in 2024 — up from $200M in…
Read moreMinimum Levels of Stress
by Morgan Housel —A day after the September 11th terrorist attacks, every member of Congress stood on the steps of the U.S.
Read moreI Have A Few Questions
by Morgan Housel —They’re relevant to everyone, and apply to lots of things…
Read moreAmerica’s Superpower
by Ted Lamade —“Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin…
Read moreA Message From the Past (Thoughts on Nostalgia)
by Morgan Housel —After college, my wife (who was then my girlfriend) and I got an apartment in the Seattle suburbs.
Read moreDo It Your Way
by Morgan Housel —The ultimate success metric is whether you get what you want out of life.
Read moreTake Something Away
by Ted Lamade —Ryan McFarland came from a long line of motorsports junkies given that his grandfather had been a race car engineer…
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