Venture Capitalist, VC expert witness, technologist, health science technology investor, father, athlete, pontificator.
Saratoga, California
Joined May 2008
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Delaware's aiding-and-abetting bar is high for arm's-length acquirers. For an investor whose own employee sits on the board, it may be lower.
My article in The D&O Diary looks at Calumet v. Victory Park and what it may mean for VC board designees. dandodiary.com/2026/07/artic…
The exit is what everyone in a venture-backed company works toward. It’s also when their interests are most likely to diverge.
New article by Amy Simmerman (WSGR) and Vice Chancellor Lori Will: how a board’s fiduciary duties get tested at the exit.
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How much fraud occurs inside venture-backed startups? No one had a solid measure — until now.
“Venture Fraud” (NBER, Feb 2026) builds the first comprehensive sample—614 startups. What predicts fraud isn’t who the founder is; it’s governance structure.
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Corporate legal battles make headlines when they hit Wall Street. Most never do.
Jessica Erickson’s “Beyond Wall Street” is the first empirical study of private-company lawsuits—700+ across 31 states. The trigger is often trust, not a bad contract.
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Documents Signed in Optimism Become Battlegrounds: The Forensics of VC Disputes-
65% of high-potential startups fail due to stakeholder conflicts and "people problems" research indicates that 65% of high-potential startups fail due to stakeholder conflicts.
Embracing regular physical activity aligns with our biological heritage, enhancing both lifespan and brain health. harvardmagazine.com/2024/10/…
I am delighted to co-chair this well-deserved award for Rubrik. Bipul’s razor-sharp vision transformed Rubrik into a cybersecurity powerhouse, embodying the innovation HBS celebrates. businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Sad to hear about the passing of Dean Jay Light. Jay was a kind, caring, compassionate, funny human, a brilliant professor, and the right dean at the right time for @HarvardHBS. Sending warmest thoughts to his loved ones. Dean Light will be greatly missed.
Simple awesome!!!!
Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company nytimes.com/2022/09/14/clima…
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Register now to attend our April 6th (3-4 pm PT) "Entrepreneur of the Year" event at no cost. HERE >> lnkd.in/gbfkpx9T Join @saejujeong of #NoomInc who follows in the footsteps of @levie of #Box among other past honorees via Zoom this year!
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Together, we are all... nitter.cf/Indians/status/1418565…
Healthcare is unequal. We need to start to correct health disparities now!
Improving Health Disparities by Acknowledging Structural Racism medscape.com/viewarticle/950… via @medscape
David Swensen was a game changer!
David Swensen, Who Revolutionized Endowment Investing, Dies at 67 nytimes.com/2021/05/06/busin…
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New Service Offering for Digital Health: Accelerated Teardown Assessment to De-Risk Venture Capital Investments by @Tsahia tsahia.substack.com/p/new-se…
Join me in watching my colleague, Dr. David Seftel, in this CBS 60 Minutes segment on their progress of delivering more effective medicines against COVID-19. #covid19 #healthgap
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