Entrepreneurs First

The Invisible Game: What It Really Takes to Build in America as an Immigrant Founder

A partner at Emergence Capital on the twenty-year journey from foreign exchange student to citizen — and why the founders playing on hard mode are often the best builders.

Lotti Siniscalco · Jan 2026 Immigration Founders
Annie, Forever Always

The Hidden Costs of the World's Most Expensive Schools

A brutally honest examination of how $1.5M in elite education reshapes your relationship with wealth, status, risk, and power — from Shanghai to boarding school to Columbia.

Annie Dong · Jan 2026 Education Class
Entrepreneurs First

Don't Be a Badge Collector

The biggest barrier to becoming a founder isn't ideas, money, or talent — it's credentialism. Why the next badge won't make you ready, and how to escape the trap.

Matt Clifford · Sep 2025 Founders Careers