May 10, 20211 minBitcoin at $10k - The BeginningTHE BAREFOOT VC \ NOVEMBER 2018 The price of bitcoin reached $10K earlier today. Over the years I have seen a significant change in...
May 10, 20211 minSmart Data, Diversity, and Our Decentralized FutureTHE BAREFOOT VC \ JANUARY 2015 As an avid traveler, observer of the world and a technophile, I’ve been struck by the parallels in the...
May 10, 20211 minWhen Third Is FirstTHE BAREFOOT VC \ JUNE 2015 In 2011, I wrote about Jugaad, according to Wikipedia “a colloquial Hindi word that can mean an innovative...
May 10, 20211 minRethinking Impact InvestingTHE BAREFOOT VC \ October 2015 Impact investing, venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship are all areas in practice and theory...
May 9, 20211 minAre Banks the Next Dinosaurs?COINDESK \ October 2015 Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in...
May 9, 20211 minFomo in Washington DC: Mnuchin, Trump and Tomorrow's Libra HearingTHE BAREFOOT VC \ July 2019 The last time I wrote was on the eve of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra announcement. At this time tomorrow,...
Apr 20, 20211 minHow Edge Computing Can Make Us More Resilient in a CrisisCOINDESK \ April 2020 “Edge computing” has been heralded as a way to increase access to real-time information and to analyze that...
May 1, 20201 minResilience in CrisisTHE BAREFOOT VC \ May 2020 As investors try to navigate the COVID-19 world, they’re taking a hard look at their portfolios and solving...
Jul 12, 20171 minToken Thoughts on the Blockchain BoomTHE BAREFOOT VC \ July 2017 There is also a lot of buzz about ICO’s, or initial coin offerings, a new asset class of cryptocurrencies...