Thesis: The highest ROI for a founder is investing in the productive capacity of their people. Mechanical advantage in motion physics is the quantification of force amplification through using a tool. The concept explains the impact on weight handling from a...
Thesis: Software companies are leveraged-people-service firms. Man-hours are the input and man-hours saved are the output. The better your people, the better the machine. Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances...
David and Goliath Goliath is an incumbent company; no doubt he is a giant. He has muscle and a sword (product depth); he is well fed (high profit margin), and has lots of followers (market share). His technology is sword and shield; his strength is brick and...
Founders who partner with Golden Section know that we don’t just offer cash and leave them to navigate the competitive world of B2B SaaS by themselves. We journey together from product development and pre-seed funding all the way through series A rounds to achieve...
“Capital efficiency” is the latest phrase that’s been generating buzz in the VC world, but at Golden Section, we’ve been talking about it since 2019. How is it that we managed to identify one of the biggest trends in venture capital before our competitors? It boils...
As a VC, you’re in the unique position to have a front row seat to the incredible journey that each of your portfolio companies will undertake. This journey will be filled with its ups and downs as your portfolio companies face challenges that range from market...
The People Part Sitting at Rice University in the modern coffee shop on campus it is hard to not notice all the various types of people swirling about. The space is open and cold. The coldness of the esthetic exposes the viewer to the grove of oak trees...
Fig. From National Academy of Sciences A few years ago, anthropologists identified Energy Efficiency as the main reason for the evolution to upright walking. The study suggested that humans walking on two legs only used one-quarter of the energy than that of the...
