I enjoyed reading Ali Hamed’s thoughts on what he envisioned his career in VC would look like, or his firm in particular, versus what he realized at this point in his life.
Point he made broadly speaking, at least what I took away, was that looking back at prior success stories (people, companies, playbooks) is all well and good, but to truly succeed you need to invent your own path because how it happened prior isn’t how it will happen the next time.
He had a number of tangible “what am I going to do about that” actions upon realizing he needs to be aggressive about doing his own thing. I specifically liked his push on FinTech:
Check out his letter titled “Venture Investing in 2022” here.