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Trevor McKendrick

trevormckendrick.com

Entrepreneur, investor, optimist. Startups, investing, and philosophy, and a weekly letter every Monday since 2018.

Essays / personalGeneral

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82 from 19 Jun 1995 to 21 Oct 2026
Posting
now and then (2 in the last year)
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personal blog

2026 2

  1. T-Mail Terms of Service – Trevor McKendrick
  2. Why I invested in Stripe at a ~$100 billion valuation

2021 1

  1. The Weekly Letter – Trevor McKendrick

2020 1

  1. Why I Create Annual Themes – Trevor McKendrick

2015 1

  1. That Time a Developer Stole My Idea and Made Millions – Trevor McKendrick

1995 1

  1. How Rich People Talk to Eachother – Trevor McKendrick

Undated 76

  1. Efficiency Is An Excuse To Not Do The Actual Work
  2. Pain is the Point
  3. The path to success always requires a stop in hell
  4. How Could it Be Any Other Way?
  5. The Perfect Decision Fallacy
  6. Why is Everyone Like their Parents?
  7. How I lost 25 pounds lugging my Peloton across the country in the back of my car
  8. Optimism 2020: A Manifesto
  9. The Religion of Creation
  10. An Interview with Shaan Puri, founder of All Access Pass
  11. See the whole Catalogue.
  12. Investments – Trevor McKendrick
  13. Beliefs – Trevor McKendrick
  14. Friends – Trevor McKendrick
  15. Review: The Founders – Trevor McKendrick
  16. 2020 Annual Review – Trevor McKendrick
  17. The Most Important Message of Your Life – Trevor McKendrick
  18. The Responsibility of Freedom – Trevor McKendrick
  19. I Made a Personal Flag for 2020 – Trevor McKendrick
  20. Why You Should Ignore Every Founder's Story About How They Started Their Company – Trevor McKendrick
  21. Happiness is a Flow – Trevor McKendrick
  22. One Reason We're Afraid to Take Action – Trevor McKendrick
  23. The Slideshow of Your Life – Trevor McKendrick
  24. Finding Problems is Only 10% of the Value – Trevor McKendrick
  25. First World Failure – Trevor McKendrick
  26. Participating in the Infinite Game of Life – Trevor McKendrick
  27. Ode to Silicon Valley – Trevor McKendrick
  28. Apollo 11 – Trevor McKendrick
  29. Production vs Consumption – Trevor McKendrick
  30. How to Not Suffocate and Drown in a Sea of Slack Channels and Notifications – Trevor McKendrick
  31. Work For Your Lunch – Trevor McKendrick
  32. What Do You Actually Want? – Trevor McKendrick
  33. Create Your Own Greatness – Trevor McKendrick
  34. Future You Masturbation – Trevor McKendrick
  35. How to Find Meaning and Purpose in Life – Trevor McKendrick
  36. Mistakes Are Good – Trevor McKendrick
  37. Commit to Yourself Over Time – Trevor McKendrick
  38. Why Don’t We Do the Things We Say We Want to Do? – Trevor McKendrick
  39. Play Against Yourself: Jealousy is a Cancer – Trevor McKendrick
  40. You Don't Get More Points for Willpower – Trevor McKendrick
  41. Fun Friday: Questions for Conversations with Friends – Trevor McKendrick
  42. You’re Probably Already Rich – Trevor McKendrick
  43. Before You Lose Weight You Gotta Know You're Fat – Trevor McKendrick
  44. What Makes You Feel the Most Alive? – Trevor McKendrick
  45. What Makes a Great Entrepreneur? – Trevor McKendrick
  46. The Next Thing – Trevor McKendrick
  47. The Danger of Outrage Narratives – Trevor McKendrick
  48. How to Know What's True – Trevor McKendrick
  49. You Aren't Special – Trevor McKendrick
  50. Obscure and Interesting Memos – Trevor McKendrick
  51. Anticipation is Half the Fun – Trevor McKendrick
  52. A List of Book Lists – Trevor McKendrick
  53. In Defense of Thinking Bigger – Trevor McKendrick
  54. How to Defeat the President, the Senate, and your Party Leaders – Trevor McKendrick
  55. Love of the Game – Trevor McKendrick
  56. The Search for Greatness – Trevor McKendrick
  57. How to critique a startup – Trevor McKendrick
  58. My 2020 Holiday Gifts to You – Trevor McKendrick
  59. You Are Meant to be Great – Trevor McKendrick
  60. Be Usefully Interesting – Trevor McKendrick
  61. How to Beat a Russian Oligarch – Trevor McKendrick
  62. What Stories Do You Tell Yourself That Aren’t True? – Trevor McKendrick
  63. Talk is Not Cheap – Trevor McKendrick
  64. What Do Your Work Values Say About You? – Trevor McKendrick
  65. Identity Change – Trevor McKendrick
  66. Become a Missile, Again – Trevor McKendrick
  67. Build 2021 - The Annual Theme & Manifesto – Trevor McKendrick
  68. The Fallacy of Inevitable Greatness – Trevor McKendrick
  69. Lived Experience – Trevor McKendrick
  70. Why I Carry Plastic Straws – Trevor McKendrick
  71. My Favorite Internet Videos of All Time – Trevor McKendrick
  72. Swings are Free – Trevor McKendrick
  73. A Masterclass on Building an Inspiring Narrative for your Company – Trevor McKendrick
  74. New Years Resolutions Are Garbage (but you shouldn't listen to me) – Trevor McKendrick
  75. The Joy Of Fulfilling Promises to Yourself – Trevor McKendrick
  76. Change Who You Are – Trevor McKendrick