Chuck Eesley
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Long-form essays on entrepreneurship, institutions, and the global political economy of technology — most published first at newsletter.chuckeesley.com. New posts arrive roughly monthly.
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    Theo Baker’s Stanford Is Real. It Just Isn’t Most of Stanford.
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    May 26, 2026 · What forty years of alumni data say about how representative the caviar-dinner version of Stanford really is.

    Why we're betting more on teachers
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    May 11, 2026 · - without abandoning students.

    ARR Is Not the Problem. The Institutional Vacuum Around It Is.
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    May 3, 2026 · On Cluely, the AI revenue metric debate, and what economists call the "cop on the beat" question

    The “In-Box Congestion” Crisis: Why AI Entrepreneurship Needs a Mechanism Design Overhaul
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    Mar 4, 2026 · After Gautam Ahuja’s talk on signaling theory, a conversation with Itai Ashlagi, and Tom Mitchell’s presentation on AI history at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, something crystallized: we are teaching the next generation of founders exactly the wrong lesson.

    The Role of Institutional Trust in Shaping Entrepreneurial Intent
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    Feb 16, 2025 · Institutional trust plays a crucial role in shaping economic and entrepreneurial outcomes, yet its effects are often overlooked in discussions about startup ecosystems and policy interventions.

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