Philip O'Reilly

Writing

Welcome Back

After an extended break, I'm giving this another go.

Just Keep Swimming

A good friend has come through 11 cycles of chemo and is now swimming a mile every day in May to raise funds for Cancer Research. I've signed up to join him for one of them.

Venture: 20 Years Later

Mark Suster argues that venture capital has fundamentally changed over the past 20 years. Reading eBoys, I find myself thinking that in many ways it hasn't changed at all.

Two Years in VC

This week marks two years since I started working as a venture capital investor. To mark the anniversary, some of the posts about VC that I've enjoyed most over the past couple of years.

Term Sheets

A few observations on VC term sheets from someone who has negotiated them from both sides of the table — as a startup lawyer and now as an investor.

2019 Goals

Goals work best when they are clear, public, and difficult. Here are mine for 2019 — including one I have almost no idea how to achieve.

Books of the Year 2018

36 books read, a new baby, and a Kindle that goes everywhere. Here are the five that stood out most in 2018.

AI Superpowers: A Short(ish) Review

Kai-Fu Lee's AI Superpowers argues that we are in an implementation phase rather than a discovery phase of AI development — and that China, not America, is best placed to win it. A worthwhile read for anyone trying to understand the forces shaping the pace and direction of AI.

Running

On the value of having something outside of work that you take seriously — and my attempt to run 5k in under 20 minutes.