Move Slow - Build Things

For years, startup culture has been driven by a seductive mantra: move fast and break things.

It’s the romantic myth of our time, the young genius in a hoodie, the overnight unicorn, the investor who bets on disruption and wins big.

But history shows us that real progress doesn’t come from speed or spectacle:

🔹 Semiconductors, batteries, and solar, the hardware foundations of every “disruptor”, were built on Wright's Law through decades of patient, incremental improvement.

 🔹 AI’s big moment today rests on 50 years of quiet, steady advances in machine learning. The “overnight revolution” is half a century old.

 🔹 Founders who reach IPOs or $100M+ exits aren’t 23. On average, they’re in their mid-40s. Mastery takes time.

Here’s the flip: the unicorn chase isn’t just risky, it’s often a poor ROI strategy.

One lottery ticket might make a fund, but most don’t.

There’s a different romance to embrace:

Craftsmanship and compounding — putting in the years to create something greater than yourself.

Proving technologies, passing them forward, and watching them become the systems humanity depends on.

Backing foundation builders, enabling clean energy, resilient industries, and healthier cities.

And there’s another way to invest:

A prove-to-pass model for hardware, funding startups through key milestones, then passing them to strategics who can scale.

Serial, repeatable wins instead of waiting a decade for a mythical unicorn.

Capital aligned with the foundations of progress rather than the hype cycle house of cards. 

This is where the true story lies:

Not in breaking things fast, but in building things that last.

Not in personal glory, but in being part of something greater.

Because move fast and break things is yesterday’s story.

Tomorrow’s story is: move slow, build things.