Essential Reading
The foundational books and resources that have shaped our thinking about entrepreneurship, risk and building great companies.
Lore
Our stash of stories, scars, and stolen wisdom.
AI Playlist
A curated playlist exploring the intersection of AI, technology, and music. From Big Data to deadmau5, these tracks capture the essence of our digital age.
Competition and Sports Psychology
How sports psychology principles can transform your approach to business competition and why respecting competitors elevates your own game.
Getting to Profitability
Profitability too early can kill growth, but as a safety net it ensures survival—and achieving hyperscale profitably is the ultimate jackpot.
Startup Ideas
A long-form exploration of how the best entrepreneurs find their startup ideas.
Culture as a Relationship to the Customer's Problem: Spiff's Case Study
How we built culture around customer problems, not corporate values - a case study in Clayton Christensen's underappreciated insight about culture as problem-solving behavior.
Way of Openness
Rapscallion is a Way of Openness company. The Way of Openness is a method for respectful engagement around high-stakes issues.
Ender Wiggin, Startup CEO
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is a science fiction classic, but it is also a leadership manual for startup founders.
The Emperor of Ice Cream: Presentation, Branding and Identity
What separates the forgettable from the legendary? Sometimes, it's not the power of the idea itself—it's how it's presented.