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Stretch 2 — Start publishing

Nov 2026 – Mar 2027 · Public writing begins, cadence builds

Nov 1, 2026 Mar 31, 2027 · 0% complete

Weekly rhythm

2h reading · 3h writing/do

Checklist

Reading

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  • Bessemer — "State of the Cloud" (most recent)todo
  • Tomasz Tunguz blog (Theory Ventures)todo
  • Fred Wilson — AVC blog archive (~2008 onward)todo
  • Bill Gurley — Above the Crowdtodo
  • Marc Andreessen — "Why Software Is Eating the World" + a16z AI/infra essaystodo
  • Paul Graham essaystodo
  • Chamath / early Social Capital shareholder letterstodo
  • a16z Infrastructure / Enterprise — blog & podcast (dev tools, OSS)todo
  • Joseph Jacks / OSS Capital — open-core & commercial OSS writingtodo
  • Open Source Business Almanac–style writeupstodo
  • Point Nine Capital SaaS blogtodo
  • Retool, Vercel & peer GTM blog poststodo

Practice

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Milestone

3 published memos, consistent 6-week cadence proven, tracked list of 15–20 target funds.

Guardrail

6 weeks per memo, not monthly, is the honest cadence at 5 hrs/week.