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Insights

Writing on goal execution, institutional discipline, and learning from your own history.

Business · 2026-10-01

Ambition is usually treated as the scarce ingredient — the thing some people have and others don’t, and the thing…

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Life Philosophy · 2026-10-01

In 1997, early in his career as a qualified civil engineer, Julian Pencilliah went through a crisis that would reshape…

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Investing · 2026-09-30

Early-stage investing has a reputation for moving on instinct. Founders pitch, a number feels right, and capital moves. That reputation…

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Life Philosophy · 2026-09-30

Treating your own decisions like a case study — not a story to defend, but a mechanism to study — is the more useful…

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Julian Pencilliah

Venture capitalist, author, and founder of the Quantum Capital Fund.

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