Altman. Kalanick. Jobs. None of them were clean narratives.

The only way to judge founders in real time is to study the parts before the press release.

Read here: nmoryl.com/how-to-think...

If you make bets on technology — as a founder, executive, or investor — these are the stories that sharpen judgment:
nmoryl.com/how-to-think...

Every success story has near-death moments: pivots, critical strategic inflection points, and 11th hour, hail-mary gambles. The best of the best find ways, time and again, to persevere and succeed.

In Part III of How to Think Like a VC, I’ve curated and distilled the most instructive biographies of the founders and operators who defined the modern technology industry — not as hero worship, but as a tool for better decision-making.

I’ve used my own formula for checking a candidate’s references for a few years now and after giving it to a friend they were blown away with how much more accretive it was to their decisionmaking process. So I wrote it up and am sharing it for the first time. Enjoy! nmoryl.com/your-referen...

So that got me thinking--is it possible to use narrative construction to change my mindset? And if so, how I would I go about doing it?

Here's what I found: nmoryl.com/how-to-write...

if you pick one to read, make it 7 rules of power. it's an essential read in 2025.

more on each book in my write-up at the link

nmoryl.com/the-6-best-b...

discovery and distribution here are much more primitive than twitter--closer to what twitter was 15y ago