On my last visit to Dubai, I took a couple hours to explore Iranian galleries. I was immediately enchanted by the aineh-kari (mirror work) of Monir Farmanfarmaian, an incredibly talented and prolific Iranian artist. Her work reminded me of fine Indian artisanry but in a medium I...
Ben Waber, co-founder and CEO of our portfolio company Humanyze, was live on CNBC today. I enjoyed hearing speak about the need for companies to use more data for people-related decisions. In particular, I was happy to see CNBC focusing on privacy and how Humanyze ensures...
One of my first investments was ClassPass, back in 2011. Techstars NY's Demo Day was approaching and at least 3 people told me I had to meet this fellow MIT alum, Payal Kadakia. I was soon introduced. I met Payal at a Starbucks - she...
Bio-IT World is happening right now - it's one of the premier conferences showcasing advances in the intersection of life sciences and IT. Our company PetaGene, from Cambridge in the UK, just won its 3rd straight "Best in Show" award for its new security product. "Our...
Today was my 200th straight day working out. For some this will seem a trivial accomplishment but it is a big deal for me! It is the result of very strict discipline I have imposed on myself. Last year I started realizing that every day I...
What a moment it was on Sunday to witness Tiger roll that final putt in. I'll admit - I'm not a big golf fan. I find the sport rather boring on the whole and certainly have no interest in playing the game. But, a champion...
I was surprised this past week to read reports about the US government forcing a sale of PatientsLikeMe, which had sold a majority stake to a Chinese company in 2017. This news comes among other reports of CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the US)...
It was a late night in the office, but I was still excited to read this paper out of MIT Professor Josh Tenenbaum's group - it highlights an approach that somewhat bridges the divide between "symbolists" (develop intelligence the way a child learns) and "connectionists"...
I have always held affixed special import to objects and their relation to stories, emotions, moments in time and space. This latent perspective of ‘objects as a fabric’ (i.e. the anti-Marie Kondo) was captured rather remarkably by Orhan Pamuk (perhaps my favorite author) in his...
Every year we do our Global Summit in the spring, and it is often at the Dorchester Hotel in London. This year we are doing our Summit on May 2, but as of today, we have decided to switch our venue from the Dorchester to...