VC Industry Narratives & Thought Leadership

I help investors and companies shape conversations around emerging technologies and ideas.

Energy Abundance in the AI Era

  • Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
  • Context: Created to articulate Salesforce Ventures’ perspective on one of AI’s most important second-order effects: energy demand. Combines market research, industry analysis, and portfolio insights to explain why energy may become the defining infrastructure challenge of the AI era.

How to Modernize the U.S. Power Grid

  • Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
  • Context: Part of Salesforce Ventures’ broader energy infrastructure thesis, this piece examines the transmission, interconnection, and distribution challenges that stand between today’s power grid and an AI-powered future. Developed to help founders and investors understand where the next wave of energy innovation is likely to emerge.

The Robotics Breakout Moment

  • Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
  • Context: Created to explore the technological and economic forces driving a new wave of robotics innovation. Demonstrates my ability to translate complex industry trends into accessible narratives for founders, operators, and investors.

How to Evaluate Robotics Companies

  • Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
  • Context: Developed after months of research and conversations with robotics founders, researchers, and investors. This piece translates Salesforce Ventures’ investment framework into a practical guide for evaluating robotics startups, demonstrating my ability to turn complex research into actionable thought leadership.

The AI Pricing Report

  • Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
  • Context: Developed as part of Salesforce Ventures’ broader exploration of AI business models. The report synthesized emerging trends in AI pricing and helped frame a conversation many founders and investors were already grappling with.

AngelList Venture Education Center

  • Role: Strategy, development, implementation, writing, distribution
  • Context: Part of a broader initiative to make venture capital more accessible to founders and emerging investors. The educational hub ultimately became the highest-traffic destination on the AngelList domain.

Data-Driven Research

I turn data into stories that people actually read.

Startup Enterprise GTM Report

2021 State of U.S. Early-Stage Venture

2022 State of U.S. Early-Stage Venture

Solo Capitalists Are Gaining on Traditional VC Firms

Inside the Venture Climate Tech Boom

Startups in Emerging Tech Hubs Are Growing Fast

How Does a Founder’s Alma Mater Impact Their Startup’s Markup Rate?

What Percentage of AngelList Seed-Stage Startups Become Unicorns?

Top VC Firms Don’t Outperform the Broader Market at Seed

How Much is Your Unicorn Investment Worth?

After 18 Months, Your Startup Investment Probably Isn’t Getting Marked Up

The State of AI Investing.

Investor & Founder Education

I make complicated subjects understandable.

VC Equity Financing Documents

What Limited Partners Do

How to Become an Accredited Investor

What is Internal Rate of Return?

VC Fee Economics

VC Portfolio Construction

Anti-Dilution Protection

Pro Rata Rights

What is an SPV?

How to Become an Angel Investor

How VCs Can Pitch Founders

How to Reach the Gen Z Market

How to Distribute Open-Source AI Products

How to Build a Defensible AI Startup

How to Use the Profit First Method in Accounting

ACH vs. Wire Transfer: What are the Main Differences?

How (and Why) to Craft Vision, Values, and Mission Statements for Your Startup

Pay Transparency: The Ultimate Guide

What is Business Banking?

Pave’s Guide to International Compensation Tiers.

Executive Communication

I help smart people communicate their ideas.

How Julian Shapiro Invests

15 Years of Salesforce Ventures

Salesforce Ventures 2025 Year in Review

AngelList 2022 Year in Review

AngelList 2021 Year in Review

The Rise of the Gen Z VC

How to Develop an AI Pricing Model

Case Studies

I help organizations turn outcomes into influence.

Rootly

Gaingels

Secureframe

Cockroach Labs

TrustCloud

Videos

I help organizations communicate ideas through video.

Journalism

In a past life I was a journalist. Here are some examples of journalistic work I’m proud of.

‘Solo’ GP No More: A New VC Business Model Emerges

Could HEVO be Brooklyn’s Next Unicorn?

Inside the Brooklyn Factory Building Stackable Homes Nooklyn Wants To Find Your Next Apartment

Need A Lift? Why Drivers Take Strangers Across The GWB

PHOTOS: Hackensack Artist Makes His Home A Masterpiece

How a Brooklyn Startup is Helping Devs Leap the Language Barrier

VIDEO: Longtime Moonachie Public Servant, 93, Gets Surprise Of Lifetime

PHOTOS: ‘Chief For A Day’ Event Brings Joy To Rutherford Boy, Others

A Deadly Drug Called “K2” Has Taken Over An Entire Block In New York City

Who Needs A Shovel? Paramus Family Melts Snowfall Away

DEAR AMERICA: Here’s Why Everyone Thinks You Have A Problem With Guns

Oradell, Paramus Baseball Coaches Rescue Two From Fiery Wreck In Florida

A Handful Of Dangerous New Legal Drugs Has Public Health Experts Worried

Lyndhurst Trainers Reinvent The Yoga Wheel

This Map Shows That The US Really Has 11 Separate ‘Nations’ With Entirely Different Cultures

A Government Agency Is Paying Suspected Criminals In California Not To Shoot Guns

Lyndhurst Hair Stylist Caters To Millennials 

I Went To Wimbledon, And It Was Unlike Any Sporting Event I’ve Ever Seen

Secaucus Teacher’s Inspirational Story Recognized With Nomination For National Award

Parents & Children: The Unseen Faces Of Homelessness In Hudson County

Oh yeah, I also published a short story once…