A week at Nile Capital
Five days at a crypto research firm, in the voice of a former humanitarian. The research, coordination, translation, and measurement habits that travel quietly across.
ReadThe Journal
Longer writing on building with AI and using it for real work, on the crypto years that taught me to build, and on the humanitarian habits that decide whether a field can be trusted.
Pieces here take their time. Some are personal. Some are structural. All of them share one premise: complex fields get better when more people write carefully inside them.
Archive
Every essay, most recent first.
10 essays so far. New ones arrive when they are ready.
The Betzone build
A case study in applying the humanitarian toolbox to a live venture, from research and regulatory work through product launch and the hard weeks that followed.
ReadThe skills you think you are leaving behind are the ones that will carry you
A humanitarian's field guide to the private-sector transition. Twenty concrete skills, what each one involves in the field, and how it translates almost directly into private-sector work.
ReadMy shift from humanitarian communication to crypto
Why I am moving from humanitarian communication into crypto research, operations support, and investor education - and why I am documenting that transition in public.
ReadWhat humanitarian work taught me about clarity, trust, and risk
Lessons from humanitarian communication that still matter when writing about crypto, users, products, and decision-making.
ReadLearning crypto without drowning in noise
A practical approach to studying crypto slowly, critically, and without letting hype replace understanding.
ReadWhy investor education in crypto needs more clarity and less hype
If people are expected to make informed choices, the guidance around crypto has to become clearer, calmer, and more responsible.
ReadWhat I am really documenting on this website
This site is not only about crypto. It is also about transition, discipline, and how a new direction is built over time.
ReadWorking across distributed teams: lessons that transfer
What distributed work taught me about coordination, writing, and process - and why those lessons still matter in crypto-adjacent environments.
ReadSuggested reading order
If you have read nothing else here, start with these.
Two short routes through the archive.
If you only have 30 minutes
- Start with A toolbox, translated to understand the thesis.
- Then read A week at Nile Capital for the toolbox in practice, Monday to Friday.
- Close with The Betzone build for a case study, hard weeks included.
If you care about the humanitarian-to-private-sector transition
- Open the Transitions page; it is the standing resource these essays route into.
- Read A toolbox, translated for the thesis and two worked examples.
- Then read The Betzone build for a full case study.
Slow writing, direct to your inbox.
Subscribe to receive new essays when they are published. Frequency is led by the work.
You can unsubscribe any time. Your email will not be shared. An RSS feed is also available at /rss.xml.
Thanks, you’re on the list. The first dispatch will arrive when the writing is worth your attention.
Something went wrong. Try again, or email me directly and I’ll add you by hand.