Archive - Dylan's half-formed thoughts and musings

Are tokens the new economy stimulation tools?

8 hrs ago

July 2025

How the next five years of AI plays out for Gen Z

(and probably a bunch of Millennials too...)

Jul 29

AI investing can be surprisingly unprofitable even when you're correct

The path to liquidity is paved with weird licenses and dividends

Jul 14

June 2025

The AI impact on Gen Z is going to be profound (and painful)

The number of parents expressing surprise to me that their recently graduated children can’t find jobs has become a persistent trend.

Jun 23

ARR, IRR and other kinds of fraud

It has been equal parts amusing and slightly worrying to see the wide-eyed reactions of many founders at the alleged round-tripping fraud that may have…

Jun 2

May 2025

Steam and the attention model for games

The latest saga in people trying to give all their money to the video games industry

May 27

Joining the board of Modern Times Group (MTG)

I’m very pleased to be joining the board of Modern Times Group (STO: MTG-B) who I feel are one of the most interesting mobile games publishers in the…

May 19

2015 v 2025: a founder's perspective

Hector and James over at Riding Unicorns (I suspect they didn’t entirely test that title with an Irish audience) invited me on to their show a little…

May 6

April 2025

When in doubt, just survive

Lessons from ancient downturns

Apr 15

March 2025

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