January 24, 2024
To 18-year-old Matt
To 18-year-old Matt: What are you doing now? Maybe you’ve just finished playing tennis, or perhaps you’re waiting for a ...
January 5, 2024
Creating a Mindset to “See Opportunities”
An investor recently asked one of my partners, “What do you think of Matt’s optimism?” “I think the most imp...
December 11, 2023
Reclaiming Your Focus: Daily Practices for Restoring Concentration
I believe that many entrepreneurs and managers face a common dilemma: on top of the ten daily tasks to be dealt with, th...
November 13, 2023
Unlocking the Secret to Reigniting Your Passion
Entrepreneurs often come to me with a burning question: “In the early stages, with hardly any data, how can you te...
October 11, 2023
You must embrace risk before you can see opportunity
As I’ve shared before, I see the most important founder behaviors as staying optimistic during long periods of uncertain...
September 15, 2023
AI art: a revolution or a rebirth?
It’s fair to say that generative AI has created an upheaval in the art domain this year. When Netflix experimented with ...
August 17, 2023
PayPal’s Stablecoin Could Pave the Way for Blockchain Mass Adoption
Recently, global payment giant PayPal unveiled its US dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD. According to PayPal’s relea...
July 19, 2023
Avoid the allure of the “young founder” myth
Graduation season is back, and a few of my close friends have kids graduating from college this year. Some of them studi...
June 26, 2023
Reinforcing self-worth in an era of anxiety
From the era of social networks to the currently emerging onset of AI, our society is in a state of extreme and rapid fl...
May 25, 2023
Japan’s startup ecosystem is finally waking up
Most people associate the global startup industry with Silicon Valley or China. As the world’s third-largest economy, wh...