Companies backed, built and scaled. I built ContentCal and sold it to Adobe, then ran the integration from inside a multi-billion dollar company. Today I'm an operator, advisor and active investor in 60+ companies, and I write about what it takes to build a great one at Venture Wisely.
Alex is a serial entrepreneur, operator and investor. He founded ContentCal, scaled it, and sold it to Adobe, then spent three years leading its integration from the inside.
Today he's CEO of JAAQ, a behavioural-health company; co-founder of AcademyAI; and an advisor and investor across 60+ businesses through ASTP Ventures.
He writes at Venture Wisely, essays on what it really takes to build a great company.
The barrier to building has collapsed. Everyone can build now so the real work was never the software. It was the company.
Six A-players beat thirty good ones every single time. Why hiring restraint is now a strategic weapon.
Not code. Not knowledge. Not design. When nearly any product can be built, attention is the only thing left to defend.
Organisations are starting to run two workforces at once and most don't yet know how to lead the new one.
This isn't about robots taking jobs. It's about people who use AI racing ahead of people who don't.
Founder. Investor. Builder. Honest essays on work, wealth, mind, and the energy behind great companies. 2,500+ subscribers.