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Notes on technology, strategy, and culture from across the group.

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Strategy8 min read

The operating system of a holding company

Holding three companies is less about synergy decks and more about a shared discipline: capital, talent, and patience applied consistently.

Virtual Nation · June 2026

Culture5 min read

Why we write everything down

A distributed group of companies runs on documents, not meetings. Here is the writing culture that holds it together.

Virtual Nation · June 2026

Technology6 min read

The case for quiet infrastructure

The most valuable platforms we build are the ones people rely on without knowing who made them. A note on choosing reliability over novelty.

Virtual Nation · May 2026

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Culture5 min read

Why we write everything down

A distributed group of companies runs on documents, not meetings. Here is the writing culture that holds it together.

Virtual Nation · June 2026

Technology6 min read

The case for quiet infrastructure

The most valuable platforms we build are the ones people rely on without knowing who made them. A note on choosing reliability over novelty.

Virtual Nation · May 2026

Company7 min read

Hiring for the long term

How we think about the first hires in a company, and why we optimise for slope over intercept.

Virtual Nation · May 2026

Technology5 min read

One standard across the group

Three companies, one set of standards for how we treat customers and ship work. What we centralise, and what we deliberately don't.

Virtual Nation · April 2026

Strategy4 min read

Patience as a strategy

Short-term thinking rewards the next quarter. We try to build for the next decade — and that changes every decision.

Virtual Nation · April 2026

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