Writing is
the engine.

I'm a writer and investor based in Vancouver, Canada. I've spent the last decade working across venture capital, media, startups, the nonprofit sector, and government. I believe that collisions between different ideas, industries, and people tend to be where the most interesting work happens, and writing is how I make sense of those collisions. It's the work that makes me feel most alive.

01 — Work

Work.

Angel Investor 20 Investments

I invest in unconventional founders early in their process with a bias toward generalists. I’ve made 20 investments across AI, gaming, crypto, healthcare, and consumer software.
Cofounder, Accelerate Art 100s of Artists Shown

I cofounded and ran a nonprofit through three years of physical exhibitions in New York, Miami, Paris, and elsewhere. The mission was to support artists on their own terms, and we facilitated over $100,000 in sales without taking any revenue from them directly. The whole thing was funded by donations.
Investor, Tribute Labs & Seed Club 500+ Pitches

I held two different roles across a network of microfunds (Tribute Labs) and an early-stage accelerator focused on crypto and the creator economy (Seed Club). Over three years, I had the privilege of supporting some exceptional founders, and I saw enough pitches to recognize what makes a great founder stand out from a good one.
Head of Growth, GYSR Acquired 2022

I was the first employee at GYSR, which was a no-code platform for onchain incentive programs. We were used by hundreds of companies and did over $500 million in transaction volume before being acquired in 2022.
Legislative Assistant, House of Commons Contributed to Canada–Korea FTA

I worked for a Member of Parliament in Ottawa across legislative research, stakeholder relations, and speechwriting. My proudest contribution was work on manufacturing and trade policy that fed into the Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Cohost, Liquid Culture ~50 Episodes

I cohosted a podcast with my friend Natalie on the intersection of crypto, culture, and creative industries. We talked to founders and creatives across art, fashion, gaming, and music.

02 — Writing

Writing.

I publish a monthly essay on my Substack called Patchwork, focused on technology, culture, and markets through a personal lens. Over a thousand people subscribe. Three recent essays:

Notes on Internet Addiction
A personal reckoning with being terminally online.
No One Else Can Speak the Words on Your Lips
Why AI systems still can't write essays worth reading.
A Mini Map of Modern Media
A simple model for classifying all the media you consume.

03 — Tinkering

Tinkering.

Riff Approved by Anthropic

I made a plugin for Claude Cowork called Riff. It’s a set of nine opinionated skills for writing personal essays in collaboration with an LLM, and it contains most of what I know about writing, formalized into a chain of steps.