Yanda's Newsletter

Before You Hire That CRO, Read This

If you’re a technical founder and your board is telling you it’s time to hire a professional CRO, read this before you make that call.

Mar 4 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

February 2026

The AI Labor Crisis Isn’t Coming in 2028. The Investment Opportunity Is Here Now.

We wrote this article for B Capital News & Insights.

Feb 26 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich and Raj Ganguly

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January 2026

Where AI Value Will Be Built Next

Not in the Model, in the Enterprise Environment

Jan 29 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

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August 2020

Valuing Early Stage Equity: An Optimism-Weighted Approach

If you’re looking for the worksheet and want to skip reading the associated post, you can find it here.

Aug 27, 2020 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

March 2018

Building your own Deep Learning dream machine

I’ve been geeking out on Deep Learning lately, taking Andrew Ng’s awesome Deep Learning specialization on Coursera and my friend Lukas Biewald’s awesome…

Mar 18, 2018 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

Lessons of History: summary in bullets

I recently read the Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant.

Mar 13, 2018 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

May 2017

What jobs will be left for us humans? What I learned by challenging some industry experts.

On Tuesday, I was honored to lead two roundtable discussions for the Influencer Series on the topic of Fulfilling the Promise of Industrial IoT. Thank…

May 19, 2017 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

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October 2016

Read this book.

I thought I’d learned what I needed to know about negotiation.

Oct 4, 2016 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

September 2016

Thoughts on Entrepreneurship

It was a great honor to recently come back to my alma mater, Rice University, to give the opening keynote at the Rice Alliance for Technology …

Sep 27, 2016 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

August 2016

Culture: Drafting your team’s Constitution

Culture matters — but why, and what does it even mean?

Aug 30, 2016 • Yan-David “Yanda” Erlich

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