"I do this for my culture To let them know what a nigga look like when a nigga in a Roadster Show them how to move in a room full of vultures Industry is shady, it needs to be taken over Label owners hate me, I'm raising the status quo up I'm overcharging niggas for what they did to the Cold Crush" —Jay-Z, Izzo (H.O.V.A.) Ask 10 founders about...Learn More

You’re just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid I’ll be here when it fade to watch you flip like a renegade” —Rakim, Follow the Leader When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm, the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. The conventional wisdom says a startup CEO should...Learn More

There is a woman in Somalia Scraping for pearls on the roadside There's a force stronger than nature Keeps her will alive This is how she's dying She's dying to survive Don't know what she's made of I would like to be that brave. —Sade, “Pearls” Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever...Learn More