Beyond Reason

Before I got into startups, I used to play poker professionally. I had a successful career, peaking at #2 in the world for tournament play in 2015. Great decision-making requires constructing a defined strategy, usually built on rationality, rules, and mental models. What poker taught me is that sometimes you have to be willing to break those rules and rely on your intuition. As I began to study the craft of venture capital, I realized I would once again be playing with that tension: for myself, as I made investment decisions, and for others, by helping founders when they faced those multi-million or billion dollar decisions themselves.