Hi,
I am still on holiday in Peru, thinking hard about technology pathways, social structure and development as we walk through the Sacred Valley, the heart of the Inca civilisation.
While away, I asked my long-time EV friend
to mind the shop for a day. Mike is a renowned Silicon Valley investor whose portfolio includes Twitter, Twitch and Lyft. He has a rich history in the tech industry, including a stint at one of my favourite firms ever, Silicon Graphics. He recently published a new book with co-author Peter Ziebelman, Pattern Breakers: Why Some Startups Change the Future [🇺🇸 US edition | 🇬🇧 UK edition].In the book, Mike and Peter look at the common threads among radical, industry-transforming startups that seem to emerge from nowhere and become household names within a decade. In their view, the secret lies in “pattern breaking” — a rebellious streak of thinking and acting commonly observed in founders who create tsunamis of innovation.
Today, we exclusively bring you Chapter …