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Before I die, I have a whole bucket list I want to get through. One item is experiencing what it's like to be a startup employee whose company goes public. If you're considering joining a startup, or already at one waiting for your lockup to expire, this post is for you. I spent 13 years in […]

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I toured a $9 million house in Honolulu to better understand the luxury housing market. I love real estate, and visiting nice homes for sale is one of my favorite hobbies. My parents are 81 and 78 and live in Honolulu. Like many people their age, they have a few health issues, and I'd like […]

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With the World Cup on, I've been thinking about all the parents currently spending $3,500 to $7,000 a year on travel league soccer, dreaming their child might one day wear the national team jersey. Some elite club families are spending $8,000 to $15,000 a year once you add tournament travel, hotels, and private training. Watching […]

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FIRE is ultimately about being set for life. You build a portfolio big enough to cover your expenses, and then your one job is to not blow it up. But here's the tension worth talking more about. The moment you give up your paycheck, you also give up your single biggest wealth-building engine: active income. […]

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If you want a greater chance of building more wealth than the average person, live in one of the most expensive cities in the world. These cities are expensive for a reason. They contain the most valuable companies, the richest people, the most capital, and the best universities on the planet. Yes, the competition is […]

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One of the reasons I want to live close to my parents is to help with the little things they don't feel urgency about. Back in 2023, I visited and asked why there was a hole in the kitchen ceiling with a rag on the floor beneath it. A leak, he said, though he wasn't […]

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In anticipation of investing in some YC Demo Day startups, I transferred $50,000 from my Fidelity brokerage account to my Citibank checking account. This was right after I'd already wired $56,100 to meet a capital call for a new traditional venture capital fund I committed to. In a previous post, I wrote about the difficulty of committing […]

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