Young Money by Jack Raines

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Jack Raines' thoughts on all things money, financial markets, work, and life. www.youngmoney.co

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  1. 15h ago

    Prestige Traps and Technological Shifts

    Today's episode is all about the fallacy of chasing prestige, particularly when we're experiencing platform shifts in real-time. The world is a dynamic, self-correcting place and the things that “were rewarded” in 2016 are not necessarily the things that will continue to “be rewarded” in 2026. Entire jobs (and careers!) are being made redundant by a tech shift at the same time that a 35-year-macro tailwind (declining interest rates) became a headwind. Any job that is “high-prestige” today might not necessarily be a good bet if the variables that led to that prestige have changed, and the world is changing faster today than it ever has before. Like this episode? You can subscribe to get my next essay in your inbox at ⁠youngmoney.co⁠ And get your copy of my first book: ⁠Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties Do you need help integrating AI into your business? One of my best friends from grad school spent the last 2.5 years leading AI at a well-known venture fund, and he just started his own business helping financial services firms, investment groups, and manufacturing businesses identify high-leverage opportunities to apply AI to their workflows. If you or your company is looking for help here, let me know by replying to this email. Paper rich, cash poor, and looking to buy a house? Many founders, GPs, and early employees of hot-but-promising startups are facing a similar conundrum: they have $10m+ in paper net worth but only a fraction of that is liquid. If this is you, and you’re in “home-buying mode” (particularly in the Bay area or NYC), let me know with a reply. I might have something for you. For my startup founders who just raised new funding and are looking for a new banking partner: Shoot me a note and I’ll connect you to my friends at Erebor; they’ll take good care of you.

    Prestige Traps and Technological Shifts

  2. Oct 13

    The Difference Between “Can” and “Should”

    This is a blog post about “AI.” Of course, every blog post written by someone at least adjacent to the tech sector is about “AI,” so that’s not particularly interesting or novel. So this isn’t really a blog post about “AI.” This is a blog post about indecision and impulsiveness and adaptation and the fact that, perhaps, friction and scarcity and inertia were actually net positive variables in the human lived experience. This is not a blog post about “burnout,” because “burnout” is a symptom of hammering away at a single thing for an uncommon length of time. This is a blog post about the opposite: the AI-enabled compulsion to simultaneously hammer away at a million things for an uncommonly short time. Like this episode? You can subscribe to get my next essay in your inbox at youngmoney.co And get your copy of my first book: Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties To hear more, visit www.youngmoney.co

  3. 03/10/2025

    Russian Uber Drivers Are America's Leading Optimists

    For my creator and entrepreneur friends in NYC and SF, we (Slow Ventures) are celebrating the launch of our new Creator Fund with kickoff parties in both cities in the coming weeks. If you want to meet some of the Slow team for a night of drinks, bites, and fun conversations, RSVP for NYC or SF. Additionally, I’m co-hosting a Tech Breakfast Club breakfast in SF this Thursday AM (March 13). If you’re a VC or founder in SF, come grab coffee and hang. RSVP here. To hear more, visit www.youngmoney.co

  4. 03/03/2025

    My First Evening in San Francisco

    Apparently, a lot of people who don’t necessarily “read” newsletters/blogs listen to the audio versions (?). I’ve always been more of a book/blog guy than an audio guy, but, going forward, I’ll be uploading audio versions too. You can listen above, or here on Spotify / Apple Podcasts. To hear more, visit www.youngmoney.co

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