It’s almost 2 a.m. at Lightning in a Bottle, a music festival in Bradley, Calif. The Portland, Ore.-based DJ, Emancipator, is playing his last hypnotic beat and the final headliner, Zhu, just finished an intense electronic set.
Finds Stories. Writes Them.
Why scientists are infiltrating music festivals
Sheena Cruickshank stood in front of a crowd of millennials in flower crowns and harem pants.
Climbing Into Old Age: 7 Senior Climbers Share Their Experience and Advice
Unlike many sports, climbing has a vibrant community of participants in their 60s and 70s. The Ironworks gym in Berkeley, California, calls these veteran climbers the Geriatric Crew.
Employee Private Tender Offers: what information do companies need to disclose?
(Originally published for Founders Circle on January 8th, 2018) In order to conduct or facilitate a private tender offer, companies are often required to disclose confidential information they’re used to guarding closely. Because the potential sellers—usually employees—typically don’t have the same information as the buyer—usually a current institutional shareholder, a growth equity fund, or the…
A Brief History of Secondary Sales Stock Sales: from one-offs to employee tender offers
(Originally published for Founders Circle on February 20th, 2018) In Silicon Valley, a tender offer that allows longtime employees at high-performing startups to get some liquidity is fast becoming an expected benefit. While secondary stock sales have always been possible, their popularity—and legitimacy—has soared in the past 10 years as successful companies put off IPOs in…
A Dose of Reality
The war on drugs has become an arms race. In an effort to outpace the law, unregulated laboratories are creating thousands of psychedelic substances and selling them to unknowing partygoers.
Meet the Young Women Hitting Up Holland and Barrett to Cure Their Come Down
Can there ever be such a thing as safe sesh? The Debrief looks at the rise of attempts to offset the effects of psychoactive drugs like MDMA with healthy supplements and anti-depressants.
San Francisco’s Sex-Story Underground
“Should we share this bench and totally freak that girl out?” Dixie De La Tour motioned to a bench at Dolores Park. A woman in her mid-20s sat at one end, working on what looked like trig homework.
Personal statement: Confessions of an NPR addict
If you asked my roommates what’s the hardest part about living with me, they would probably say it’s the fact that I listen to talk radio while I sleep.
Carta rebrand
Originally created for Carta rebrand on November 2nd, 2017
Jesse Klein 