Ideas

This is a list of all my published writing online.

Over 10+ years, I’ve written 100+ posts and published 90K+ words on this site!

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I’m now writing my first book: Positive Politics! In stores on November 11, 2025!

I’m writing this book to inspire more ambitious optimists to get into politics and do good!

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Topics:

World’s Biggest Problems: 40 Posts
Startups: 18 Posts
Personal: 17 Posts
Politics: 16 Posts
Labdoor: 12 Posts
Utopic: 11 Posts
Science: 9 Posts
Crypto: 8 Posts
Air to All: 7 Posts
Studios: 4 Posts
Michigan: 3 Posts
Random: 3 Posts

World’s Biggest Problems:

2023: A Positive Agenda for America
2023: In Defense of Effective Altruism
2023: Abolish The Electoral College
2023: Biotech 2.0
2023: End Accredited Investor Laws
2023: How I’d Invest a $1B+ Fund
2023: How to Fix the FDA
2023: Scientist CEOs
2023: The Y Combinator Era for Biotech
2022: It’s 1994 Again
2022: The Front Door
2022: Y Combinator for Politics
2022: Effective Immigration
2022: The Money Problem
2022: Y Combinator for Mittelstands
2022: We Need a Middle Class for Startups
2022: Utopic Live
2022: Public Ventures
2022: UMICH 2050
2022: Real Real GDP
2022: Hidden Ambition
2022: Ambitious Optimists
2022: Pax Internet
2022: Everyday Activism
2022: The Good Future
2022: 43North for Detroit
2022: Arsenal of Progress
2022: Detroit vs. Shenzhen
2022: Y Combinator for Manufacturing
2022: Recreate Ancient Foods
2022: Indie Startups
2022: Utopic Studio
2022: Open Metaverse
2021: Utopiaforming
2021: Fractionalize Everything
2021: P olitics is the Biggest Game
2021: Cryptocountries
2020: Personal Capital
2020: Utopic Ventures
2020: Founder Accelerator

Startups:

2023: Startup Investing for All
2022: We Need A Middle Class For Startups
2022: The Decades Are Short But The Centuries Are Long
2022: Founders vs. VCs
2020: Art vs. Fame
2015: The Founder Tree
2014: Entrepreneurship = Get Rich Slow
2013: Should You Learn to Code? (Forbes)
2013: Valuing Seed-Stage Startups
2013: On Being ‘First’
2013: Don’t Just Lead By Example
2013: How Failure Shapes Future Success (YEC)
2013: Choosing The Right Startup Accelerator
2013: 7 Ways to Improve Your Demo Day Pitch
2013: Is Entrepreneurship Really Contagious? (Forbes)
2012: The Best Advice I Ever Got (Inc.)
2012: Are You Building A Small Business – Or A Startup? (Forbes)
2012: Are You Running Your Business Like A Lemonade Stand?

Personal:

2025: To My Mom
2025: To Zeus
2024: On Being a Founder + Father
2023: Dear Mama
2023: 1,000 Haters
2022: Stay in the Pocket
2022: The Most Important Job in the World
2022: You Have To Make Life Meaningful
2022: Fuck the Cynics
2022: Upgrade Yourself
2022: Disraeli Drawer
2021: My Bucket List
2020: Hamming Questions
2017: I am an American.
2015: Take Down This Flag
2014: Bootstrapping is Incredible! (Medium)
2014: How Do You Compete With Your Idol? (Forbes)

Politics:

2023: A Positive Agenda for America
2023: Abolish The Electoral College
2023: End Accredited Investor Laws
2023: How to Fix the FDA
2022: Y Combinator for Politics
2022: Effective Immigration
2022: How Governments Can Run VC Funds
2022: Real Real GDP
2022: Arsenal of Progress
2022: Detroit vs. Shenzhen
2021: Politics is the Biggest Game
2021: The 2 Independent Lanes in US Politics
2020: The 8 Lanes in US Politics
2020: The 4 Types of Republicans
2020: The 4 Types of Democrats
2020: Power vs. Counter

Labdoor:

2022: Labdoor Is Going Indie!
2022: Celebrating Labdoor’s 10th Birthday
2018: TEST Token-Curated Registry (Medium)
2018: TEST White Paper
2018: Decentralized Regulation of Health Products (Medium)
2018: Labcoin White Paper
2017: Mission: Zero Recalls (Medium)
2017: Labdoor State of the Startup (Medium)
2017: An Open Letter to the Next FDA Commissioner (Medium)
2015: Labdoor’s Y Combinator Demo Day Pitch (YouTube)
2014: Labdoor State of the Startup (Reddit)
2013: Why Labdoor?

Utopic:

2023: Biotech 2.0
2023: Investing in Scientists (Engine)
2023: How I’d Invest a $1B+ Fund
2023: Scientist CEOs
2023: YC for Biotech
2022: Utopic Live
2022: Utopic Club
2022: Utopic Debates
2022: Utopic Flywheel
2022: Utopic Studio
2020: Utopic Ventures

Science:

2023: Biotech 2.0
2023: How to Fix the FDA
2023: Scientist CEOs
2023: The Y Combinator Era for Biotech
2022: It’s 1994 Again
2022: Recreate Ancient Foods
2020: Utopic Ventures
2017: Mission: Zero Recalls
2013: Why Labdoor?

Crypto:

2022: Decentralized Failsafes
2021: Centralization vs. Decentralization
2021: Fractionalization
2021: Thanedar’s Game
2018: TEST Token-Curated Registry (Medium)
2018: TEST White Paper
2018: Decentralized Regulation of Health Products (Medium)
2018: Labcoin White Paper

Air to All:

2022: Air to Ukraine
2020: Air to All Annual Review
2020: Air to All Inaugural Run Around The World
2020: Air to Africa
2020: Air to All’s Master Plan
2020: Why Don’t We Have Enough Ventilators?
2020: 1 Million Ventilators

Studios:

Michigan:

Random:

2022: Mixed Indian Baby Names
2015: Jay-Z’s Y Combinator Demo Day Pitch (Medium)
2014: An Open Letter to Stan Kroenke (Medium)