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Hi folks - wanted to share that I started a new book today, writing one that is, not reading one. I started (re)-reading Behind The Cloud by one of my heroes Marc Benioff, and got inspired enough to pre-write the book about Awake 🤓 I figured it...

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The Vision | Awake Ventures

I thought about this the other day. What is the one sentence version of the vision of Awake? How can I capture the essence, the enormity, as well as the simple clarity of Awake?

The Vision | Awake Ventures

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The Vision | Awake Ventures

Why Shoptype | Awake Ventures

Shoptype was born from indignation. It has other DNA, but Indignation is a big part of it. This is Part I of the Why Shoptype conversation. I am an engineer, and the notion of balance to me is one of basic stability.

Why Shoptype | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/1791/why-shoptype

Why Shoptype | Awake Ventures

The Capital Dilemma | Awake Ventures

As I sat down to write this post, I had to rename the title from The Social Dilemma 2.0, to what it really is, the dilemma that is created by capital. And let me start with the crux, so that we may begin at the ending, and work our way back to the beginning.

The Capital Dilemma | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/2039/the-capital-dilemma

The Capital Dilemma | Awake Ventures

The Age of the Facilitator | Awake Ventures

We have asked ourselves in the past: what came first, PayFac or ComFac? And when you look at the world through the lens of the facilitator, what was the First Facilitator? (The answer is Consciousness, but we can discuss this another time).

The Age of the Facilitator | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/2027/the-age-of-the-facilitator

The Age of the Facilitator | Awake Ventures

Functional Finance for The Actual Internet | Awake Ventures

Indulge the (finance) nerd in me. You can take the coding out of a nerd, but the nerd never leaves the post-coding, well ... nerd. So while I rejoiced in functional programming language heaven during my years as a programmer (heck, I even wrote Clojure in Action), I have not written code in a number of years.

Functional Finance for The Actual Internet | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/2024/functional-finance-for-the-actual-intern

Functional Finance for The Actual Internet | Awake Ventures

Payment Faciliator vs. Commerce Faciliator | Awake Ventures

While we have no idea if the egg came first or not, we do know how markets function. And the question is: in the world of Internet commerce, or any commerce: what comes first, PayFac or ComFac? We have discussed a lot about markets, market networks, commerce, supply chains, and so on.

Payment Faciliator vs. Commerce Faciliator | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/2012/payment-faciliator-vs-commerce-faciliato

Payment Faciliator vs. Commerce Faciliator | Awake Ventures

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Employment 2.0 | Awake Ventures

What if we were able to transcend our human bodies? Wouldn't we be better off, not having to worry about things like coronavirus, or hunger, or oft-debilitating emotions such as anger, jealousy, and greed and fear? As a new reality sets in, human beings are reevaluating many long standing beliefs of what is permanent and what can change at any time.

Employment 2.0 | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/1872/employment-20

Employment 2.0 | Awake Ventures

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https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/1871/awake-o-unborn-child-of-the-internet

The Cultural Basis of Awake | Awake Ventures

I've written before, and I say it all the time: Awake is different. Here's a good review on the journey so far. We'll begin to talk about culture and scaling companies over a series of posts, and in this one, we'll begin with the basis of Awake. Awake is about people.

The Cultural Basis of Awake | Awake Ventures

https://www.awake.ventures/public-personas/5664/article/1998/the-cultural-basis-of-awake

The Cultural Basis of Awake | Awake Ventures

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Awake Ventures | Awake Ventures

Hi folks - wanted to share that I started a new book today, writing one that is, not reading one. I started (re)-reading Behind The Cloud by one of my heroes Marc Benioff, and got inspired enough to pre-write the book about Awake 🤓 I figured it...

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