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Michael Dempsey

Michael Dempsey is a venture capital blog and newsletter tracked by SandHill.io for its investment theses, industry analysis and operating insight. This page collects 35 posts published between April 2015 and July 2026. Partner @ Compound

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Thursday, 23 July 2026

2 pieces

Power, Status, and Legitimacy in Tech

Beyond Tech’s Power: On Status, Sacrifice, and the Search for Legitimacy

Friday, 3 October 2025

1 piece

Sequencing vs. Equal Odds

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

1 piece

Narrative Cycle Entry

Monday, 2 June 2025

1 piece

Risk Tokens: Economic Security in AI Safety

Tuesday, 11 February 2025

1 piece

The Evolution of Perception Markets: Schelling Point Companies, Reality Ratios, & Narrative Receptacles

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

2 pieces

The Acceleration of Research Capital & The Resulting Prisoner’s Dilemma

The Venturification of Research & The Resulting Prisoner’s Dilemma

Thursday, 20 June 2024

1 piece

Robotics FOMO, Scaling Laws, & Technology Forecasting

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

1 piece

The Meta-Moats Of AI & Understanding THe Machine

Thursday, 29 February 2024

1 piece

Expected Value In Crypto & Building Infinite Blockspace

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

1 piece

Collective Intelligence, Multi-Agent Debate, & AGI

Monday, 8 January 2024

1 piece

AI Agents, Product Velocity, & User Interfaces

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

1 piece

Category Creation & Capital in technology

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

1 piece

Open Source AI Business Models & Brand Moats

Thursday, 14 September 2023

1 piece

The Importance of Founder Pedigree In Emerging Technologies

Tuesday, 18 July 2023

1 piece

The Dark Forest of R&D and Capital Deployment in AI

Monday, 6 March 2023

1 piece

Narrative Cycles & Conviction in Technology

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

1 piece

Company Building in the Curiosity Phase of AI

Friday, 15 April 2022

1 piece

Is The Future of Crypto Power Law Driven?

Sunday, 7 November 2021

1 piece

Talent, Value Distribution, & Liquidity in Crypto Protocols

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

2 pieces

Protected: Adjacent Protocol Governance & Strategy

Adjacent Governance: The future of power, strategic positioning, and existential threats in a decentralized world

Monday, 22 March 2021

1 piece

Protected: Acceleration, Suspension, & Our Full Selves

Thursday, 10 December 2020

1 piece

Where Technology Markets & Venture Capital Go From Here

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

1 piece

On Inflection Points

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

1 piece

VC Markets Aren’t Clearing Due To COVID-19

Friday, 31 January 2020

1 piece

Inertia, mortality, & Friendship

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

1 piece

Narratives & Pseudosecrets

Thursday, 17 October 2019

1 piece

Serendipity in Venture Capital is BS…(and other views on the seed VC landscape)

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

1 piece

Technology is making us crave the similar, and the unique

Saturday, 7 July 2018

1 piece

Everything to know about digital celebrities and how they could change the world

Tuesday, 6 March 2018

1 piece

Moving from a default trust to default skeptic society

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

1 piece

Why your startup idea isn’t big enough for some VCs

Thursday, 2 April 2015

1 piece

Report: Delivering India – India’s Rising Online Grocery Delivery Industry

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