Cyrus Yari

cyrusyari.com

Left comfort, turned down VCs. Building a portfolio of small bets in software & AI. Independence over everything. Seek sanity, not vanity. This blog explores business, sovereignty, and autodidactism, drawing lessons from experience and Timeless texts.
August 28, 2025

Becoming A Micro Angel Investor

From the archives: originally published in Nov 2021 on rationalvc, with 100k+ reads -- How to start your VC journey by investing as little as $1k in startups and why founders are taking more of these cheques (Rational VC began investing $1K per startup, and now we lead $500K syndicates) Inspired by the maestro Nassim Taleb: Skin in the...
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August 28, 2025

Financial Minimalism In Life, Investing, And Startups

From the archives: originally published in Feb 2021 on rationalvc, with 50k+ reads -- Capital Allocation from First Principles Part 1: My journey to minimalism Part 2: Minimalism in life and work Part 3: Capital allocation for startup founders Part 1: My journey to minimalism I left Iran and arrived in the UK aged five. Growing up as a...
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August 28, 2025

HEY World

Is this thing on?
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