Pinned2024 in one book: My Friends by Hisham MatarMy review of Hisham Matar’s “My Friends,” longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and winner of the Orwell Prize for fiction.Dec 31, 2024A response icon1Dec 31, 2024A response icon1
EdTech in Latin America: The Opportunity in Workforce DevelopmentI collaborated with Felipe Arango and Vedant Agrawal for this article.Dec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021
EdTech in Africa: A LandscapePublished by GSV VenturesAug 9, 2021A response icon4Aug 9, 2021A response icon4
Helpful Resources for African EdTech foundersA brief list of resources to help African founders and startups build and grow their ventures in the EdTech space.Jul 22, 2021A response icon3Jul 22, 2021A response icon3
Why global EdTech’s moment is nowPublished by GSV Ventures.Jul 13, 2021A response icon2Jul 13, 2021A response icon2
Is VC an Old Boys’ Club? Insights From Co-Investments in ~70K Transactions Between 2010 and 2020In this blog post, I explore ~70,000 VC transactions between 2010 and 2020, focusing on co-investments. Specifically, I explain which VCs…Jan 15, 2021A response icon2Jan 15, 2021A response icon2
2020: The year in 20 (nerdy) graphsIn this blog post, I teamed up with Eleno Castro to tell the story of this eventful year in 20 graphs. Most of the graphs in this post are…Dec 30, 2020A response icon1Dec 30, 2020A response icon1
Data Science to the rescue: re-creating FC Barcelona’s glory team with new blood and fresh feetUsing 1.7 Million data points in FIFA (the PlayStation game) datasets to “clone” FC Barcelona’s 2014/2015 squad.Nov 25, 2020A response icon2Nov 25, 2020A response icon2
Mapping the Global EdTech Venture Capital Space: Insights From 2015–2020Following up on my earlier post on EdTech investments in 2020, and digging deeper into venture capital in EdTech, this article explores…Nov 10, 2020A response icon2Nov 10, 2020A response icon2
Hypothesis testing on Instagram: COVID-19 prevalence in my networkOn an otherwise boring Friday night, I decided to launch a poll on my Instagram to ask my friends if they had tested positive for COVID-19…Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020