for a long time i said that antisemitism, particularly on the american left, was not as bad as people claimed.
i'd like to just state that i was totally wrong.
i still don't understand it, really. or know what to do about it.
but it is so fucked.
I made a decision which afaik is unprecedented in the opaque world of venture capital. To open up everything. no anecdotal or selective "transparency". no branding/PR/marketing help. No talking points. I prefer to be authentic than calculated
Check out the rapid surge in business travel… you would not have guessed it based on the media. To clarify- TripActions has many more customers today than they had pre Covid, so this is not yet back to normal …. But the slope …. Very encouraging!
a rarely talked about reason for founders to sell their companies early: they are just tired of their investors and board. too much brain damage. it is way more common than one would imagine.
And all would be alive if it wasn’t for Hamas atrocities on oct 7. Israel is just trying to prevent this from happening again. Keep siding with the Jihadists.
I’m excited to continue investing in a hypergrowth company like @TripActions. They are re-defining corporate travel as we know it. I’m proud to have led their Seed and A rounds to see them grow quickly and globally tripactions.com/blog/tripactio…
excited for TripActions. It's been a real treat to back founders @arielcoco and @itwig from day 0 and to work with co investors @bhorowitz and @arifj . This is just the beginning.
Personal Thoughts:
(not for everyone, feel free to skip)
For the longest time, I struggled with my identity.
A Palestinian kid born inside Israel. Like…wtf.
Many of my friends refuse to this day to say the word “Israel” and call themselves “Palestinian” only.
But since I
