Given the current state of, well, almost everything, it seemed like a good time to offer up some deep thoughts on dealing with adversity and getting through challenging moments. So, here is our collection of Quotes to Entrepreneur By — Hard Times Edition: “We must accept finite disappointment, but we…

The Biblical summer of 2022, with its war, pestilence, food shortages, and a plague of financial difficulties impacts startups of all types. Weak companies that consume cash may well not survive this hot summer. But even the strongest companies will feel the burn. A number of our most successful portfolio…

We all know of the winter of our discontent. This will be worse. Think of it as the summer of our disintegration. The full sense of that word is “the coming apart of things once cohesive,” and that pretty much captures the core of the impending chaotic season. What is…

I love it when science supports my previously held prejudices. So is the case with a plethora of studies that show that swearing is good for us. All I can say to these findings is….damn straight! In one study at Keane University in New Jersey, students had their hands dipped…

It looks like we are in for a long hot summer in pretty much every aspect of the phrase. Macroeconomics. The macroeconomic signals are the worst in decades. Inflation is soaring, and that seems locked in for some time. Certainly, the disruptions in food and fertilizer that derive from the…

Americans love grit. The can-do character. The never-die spirit. The plucky underdog. We applaud Rocky when, having been battered and humiliated, he gets back up again….and again….and again. In past blog posts, I’ve written about how we see grit as a core element of startup success. Often, startups win by…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report a few weeks ago announcing that we are past the point of preventing climate change and are now officially in the era of working to minimize the damage it causes. This is sobering but not unexpected news. People looking at the…

As we head into 2022, it seems a natural time to look anew at the fundamentals of our funds. Our company culture centers on the concept that everything we do must help our teams accomplish our shared goals. We don’t just take action, we serve a purpose. …

I’ve been getting some questions lately about the purpose of Ataraxia.vc and its interplay with our fund families. I’ll address those here. Ataraxia Partners is a venture capital fund management company at the innovative edge of early-stage investment. …