Matthew Bellows
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A CEO/founder called me the day after Christmas and asked a very simple question: "Is it worth it?" That conversation was the final push I needed to start writing "The Startup Balance: how to found a company without lo…
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Monark Markets Raises $8.1M from F-Prime, Grit Capital and Others Just over a year ago, I wrote about why Grit Capital Partners invested in the pre-seed round of Monark Markets. Ben Haber and Paul Davis were not alone i…
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It's like I woke up and can finally hit three pointers. Last week I shipped my first web app thanks to Claude Code and it feels GREAT. Here's a post about My Claude Code Moment.
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Matt Levine, who writes about finance like a summer breeze for Bloomberg, today covers Monark Markets' partnership with Apex Fintech Solutions. I read Matt's column every day. I look forward to it. But this one is specia…
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WOW that post from Ella Molony Cook has blown up my add requests! Thanks for the interest everyone but the way I do this LinkedIn thing is only add people I know, have worked with, and trust - my network is smaller but m…
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Great summary of private market industry developments. #proudinvestor
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What is a harness really and how did we get here? Where will agents, harnesses, models, and human operators go next? This excellent post (link in comments) clearly explains. Thanks Dan McAteer!
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Great to see you and Elena today Mark Ollila !!
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Taxing severance payments is stupid. The people who just got laid off (and there have been a lot of them recently with more to come) need the money. Here's an easy tax reform item that everyone can get behind. Let's fix…
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"You owe it to yourself to bet on your instinct. You owe it to yourself to lose because of yourself. It's your right to be wrong. You, as a founder, owe it to yourself to control your own destiny." - Mark Pincus on th…
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Of all the amazing sessions next week at #boston #startup #week, I'm most excited for Alex Konrad's panel with Christopher O'Donnell, Jonathan Corbin and Nick LaRovere. You loved Alex as Forbes Midas List editor. You l…
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It's like I woke up and can finally hit three pointers. Last week I shipped my first web app thanks to Claude Code and it feels GREAT. Here's a post about My Claude Code Moment.
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Monark Markets Raises $8.1M from F-Prime, Grit Capital and Others Just over a year ago, I wrote about why Grit Capital Partners invested in the pre-seed round of Monark Markets. Ben Haber and Paul Davis were not alone i…
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Two years into my third startup, we were out of money. The temptation to lie about our usage data was immense. Here's why we didn't, and how it turned out.
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73k+ people getting trained on documenting ICE abuses!
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I just found this Harvard Business School resource called "The Founder's Journey" and discovered a conversation that Shikhar Ghosh and I had about mindfulness, meditation and startups. I hope it helps you bring more awar…
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From medicines to religious doctrines, most of the things we use on a daily basis were invented to remove pain. My latest Substack is on how to figure out if your startup idea is a vitamin or a pain killer. Link in th…
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Getting clear on your motivations - making sure they are deep enough to carry you through the challenges of the startup journey - is a great way to increase your chances of success: my latest post on Substack.
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A CEO/founder called me the day after Christmas and asked a very simple question: "Is it worth it?" That conversation was the final push I needed to start writing "The Startup Balance: how to found a company without lo…
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Top financial services execs gathered yesterday to share AI strategies and learnings. Here are my quick notes from a thought-provoking day. Thank you Evident AI for a great conference!
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