Rapid AI Iteration: Essential for Every Modern Business
We just did a 90 minute hackathon as a team. We hired an ai consultant to build us a sourcing tool better than all the tools we previously used. We then spent 90 minutes all on a zoom using it, ripping it apart and updating it. No matter your business today you better be leveraging ai and iterating on it.
Greatness Chooses to Step Up When Times Get Tough
In tough times you have to step up or step out. Most will step out, but the greats will step up.
Diversify AI Tools: Claude Downtime Proves GPT Essential
Claude being down is why I still keep GPT, too hard to rely on just one tool these days https://t.co/ktii2W1Xux
30 Minutes Outdoors Daily Boosts Remote Workers' Mental Health
No matter the day, I always get outside for 30+ minutes. It’s so important for mental health, even more so when those that wfh like me.
Claude Agents Now Outpace GPT in Most Tasks
I have been building several agents on Claude and wow it is so much better than GPT on almost all fronts. Have been testing on both for various things and its wild to see the difference a few months can...
AI-Powered Full-Body Scan Gives Me a Pocket Doctor
I did a prenuvo full body scan and function blood test and now I have a doctor in my pocket I have seen friends and peers pass early so wanted to be proactive vs reactive like most of the US...
School Breaks Mean Extra Work for Parents
The irony of school “breaks” is that it just means more work for parents 😩 Some breaks are nice but winter then mid winter then spring is out of hand
Speed of Iteration Now Beats Idea Quality in Startups
I get asked often what matters most when building a company today. There are a lot of traits that have always mattered, but one has become disproportionately important in this environment: velocity of iteration. Today, products are built in months, markets...
Family Staycations: Underrated, No Plane Needed for Bonding
Staycations with the family are under rated, no need to get on a plane for relaxation and bonding
Permission Isn't Needed; We All Exist Equally
Stop asking for permission. “No one can allow us to do anything, we exist like everyone else. We don't need permission” Jay Z
Startup Success Standards Have Shifted Upward—Now Exceptional Required
The definition of a “great” startup has changed. But many founders are still building like it’s 2018. A few shifts happened: 1) A $1B exit used to be the goal. Now it’s often just the baseline. 2) $100M ARR used to mean you...
Prioritizing Life over Work as New Parent
Work to live, don’t live to work Biggest change for me as I get older and enter early parenthood
Schedule Your Workouts Like Meetings: Treat Exercise as Work
I view workouts as work. That doesn’t mean they aren’t fun, but they are scheduled and unavoidable. All my workouts are on my work calendar and I treat those as a meeting with myself
Backing Proven Repeat Founders and Unicorn Operators
In the last 12 months, we invested in 8 companies, 5 were repeat founders. Before starting these new companies, those 5 had already: - Raised $200M+, IPO’d one startup, and sold another for 9 figures - Raised $100M+, scaled to $50M+ ARR, and...
Cherish Family Moments: Birthday Joy Highlights What Matters
This weekend was my son’s 2nd birthday. Watching him grow into his own little person has been the greatest joy. Seeing his grandparents, family, and my friends love on him and celebrate him was amazing. Marking these moments as a simple reminder of...
Forbes Explores AI's Growing Threat to Jobs
What we working on tonight?! Just finished another Forbes piece about AI’s impact on jobs
AI Forces VCs to Rethink Sourcing: People Remain Moat
Venture capital is not immune to AI disruption. So we asked ourselves the hard question: If we were starting Harlem Capital today, what would we do differently? We spent three days in a house rebuilding our sourcing strategy from scratch. We walked away...
Create New Spaces; Visibility Fuels Future Leaders
Let me re-introduce myself. My name is Henri Pierre-Jacques and I am co-founder of @HarlemCapital, a fund backing the next generation of winners. My mission is to build rooms that didn't exist before. Not more seats at someone else's table, entire rooms. I...
Harlem Capital: Early Funding for AI-Building Visionaries
In 2015 we started @HarlemCapital to change who gets to win. Not as a slogan, but as a standard. Ten years later, that standard has become a platform for identifying exceptional founders early and helping them build generational companies. We invest $1.0M to...
AI‑Native Mindset: Redefine Teams, Growth, and Assumptions
The Mental Shift Required In An AI-Native World In my second piece in Forbes, I explore how founders should rethink what it would mean to start their companies from scratch in an AI-native world. AI isn’t just a product or tooling shift,...