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Investing in Psychedelics, Plant Consciousness, and Mental Health

Investing in Psychedelics, Plant Consciousness, and Mental Health

Climate change will take a massive toll on our mental health. As systems fail, pandemics become more frequent, and extreme weather events put pressure on all our systems, we will collectively experience trauma, which is why I believe startups addressing

Arshad July 10, 2020 Investments Read more

Why You Should Avoid Having Too Many Investors On Your Cap Table

Why You Should Avoid Having Too Many Investors On Your Cap Table

In evaluating companies at Betatron, where we see up to 3,000 deals each year, we’ve learned the hard way that having too many investors on the cap table can work against a founder. The Logistics of Handling Many Investors Is

Arshad June 23, 2020 Best Practices Read more

Investing in Moms

Investing in Moms

Ask any parent what day was the most important in their life and they are likely to say the birth of their child. Money is no object when it comes to solving a problem as serious as feeding one’s newborn.

Arshad May 7, 2020 Investments, Strong Opinions Read more

Pandemics Will Increase With Climate Change

In all the news about the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic, few outlets pause to remind their audience that pandemics are a byproduct of climate change and will be more prevalent as the planet heats up. Creatures that act as disease-vectors –

Arshad March 12, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Predictions, Strategy Read more

Sales & Ad Tech: Destroying One Communication Channel At A Time

Advertising-based businesses are on an unending quest to capture our attention. This means they’re watching what we’re watching, and will do anything to interrupt us. In the process, they destroy the medium. Snail mail: destroyed by junk mail. Telephones: ruined

Arshad March 12, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Why Investors Avoid Cutting-Edge, University-Born Innovation

There’s no doubt that some of our most valuable innovations started in university settings. However, in my experience, many game-changing innovations never make it to market, even if the science supporting them is strong. Here’s what I’ve been seeing. University

Arshad March 5, 2020 Fundraising & Equity Read more

Why Tech Startups May Be A Safe Haven For Investments, Even Amidst A Pandemic

Following a 9-year uninterrupted bull run, the stock market faces a major correction caused by COVID-19 prevention measures and panic. With markets falling, is investing in startups sane? Living and working in Hong Kong, I’ve had a front-row seat to

Arshad February 28, 2020 Fundraising & Equity, Strategy Read more

Why We’re Not Leaving Hong Kong Amidst the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Why We’re Not Leaving Hong Kong Amidst the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

At the time of this writing, the Novel Coronavirus outbreak is still in its early days and could soon become a global pandemic. Its exponential growth continues in China and has now spread to 28 countries. It can be transmitted

Arshad February 5, 2020 Uncategorized Read more

Drought: Anticipating A Parched Future

Drought: Anticipating A Parched Future

In May, 2019 a close family friend who I’ll call Auntie N (to protect her privacy), was, in her beautiful Connecticut home, deeply distraught. “Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani” (that’s what Wikipedia calls it) had just struck Odisha, India, where her

Arshad January 29, 2020 Climate Adaptation, Environment, Predictions Read more

New Decade, New Domain Name

When I first launched this blog in July 2010 (with a post on the value of a plan), I used my full name because I wanted to control what people saw first when they googled my name. A search for

Arshad January 23, 2020 My Projects Read more
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