Hello, I'm Adam!
I am a Partner at Digital Ocean Ventures Starter, a venture capital fund where I invest in fintech and digital transformation startups at the pre-seed stage.On a daily basis, I produce decisions to best support investment process in Venture Capital.I mentor portfolio startups, consult and train on building digital products, customer research, business experimentation and product discovery (and more).
My principles
1. Keep high standards and low expectations
2. Practice Intellectual Honesty
3. Emphasize Long-Term Value
4. Be Assertive but Open
5. Use First Principles Thinking
6. Commit to Lifelong Learning
7. Cultivate Resilience
8. Stay Curious
9. Cultivate Discipline
10. Be Proactive
11. Leave Things Better Than You Found Them
12. Focus Where It Counts
13. Challenge Default Thinking
14. Seek Truth Over Comfort
15. Communicate with Clarity
16. Commit to Learning from Outcomes
17. Seek Clarity Over Certainty
18. Chase 80/20 ruleIn progress...
Books I recommend
- Thinking in bets - Annie Duke
- How to Decide - Annie Duke
- Co-intelligence - Ethan Mollick
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson
- Clear Thinking - Shane Parrish
- Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
- The Righteous Mind - Jonathan Haidt
- On Writing Well - William Zinsser
- Writing to Learn - William Zinsser
- Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction - Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner
- Secrets of Sand Hill Road - Scott Kupor
- Think Faster, Talk Smarter - Matt Abrahams
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Yuval Noah Harrari
- Finansowy Ninja - Michał Szafrański
- Will it fly? - Pat Flynn
- David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
- Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell
- Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder - Nassim Taleb
- When Coffee and Kale Compete - Alan Klement
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick M. Lencioni
- Sprint. How to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days - Jake Knapp
- Zero to One - Peter Thiel
- Running Lean - Ash Maurya
- Lean Analytics - Croll & Yoskovitz
- Atomic Habits - James Clear
- Hacking Growth - Sean Ellis & Morgan Brown
- Essentialism - Greg McKeown
- Deep Work - Cal Newport
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
- Inspired - Marty Cagan
- Transformed - Marty Cagan
- Originals - Adam Grant