DANIEL HATKE
OPERATOR || BUILDER || ADVISOR
Hi from Colorado. First, I am a husband and father to two beautiful souls.
I worked at two hedge funds, reaching the role of chief technology officer. I studied finance and investing at Columbia Business School.
I operate two e-commerce businesses.
Through Polyiota, I help companies apply AI and incubate software. That work has also helped me build better systems for my own businesses.
The newest venture is Kabu Research, an AI-native research platform for Japanese small- and mid-cap equities — the corner of the market where the careful work still isn't being done.
I write The Prometheus Dispatch, a Substack on civil society, the self, leadership, and liberal democracy. Who must we become to endure and deserve freedom?
That photo up top? Nepal. The Himalaya can make anyone a good photographer. This site has more photos and writing from traveling 30+ countries.
I collect mantras:
Fear is more crippling than the consequences.
Self-pity has no utility.
Writing & Audio
The Prometheus Dispatch
A Substack on civil society, the self, leadership, and liberal democracy.
Read on Substack →Kabu Research
Stock ideas and analysis on Japanese equities.
Read on Substack →Unqualified Advice
A podcast with Sean Filipow on life, business, investing, and applying lessons from academia and real life.
Personal Essays & Travel Writing
India Went Deep
This isn’t about meditation I sat next to a man for ten days and never said hi, learned his name, or communicated in any...
Travel Is No Cure
Something else is. “You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.” – Seneca “Why do you wonder that globe-t...
I Suspend Judgement
As we walked into our apartment in Osaka and got unpacked, Shell sat down and muttered “Oh no…” I began to fret just a b...
Feedback Loops
We’ve had good days where one thing happens after another. Good or bad, things are happening. By the end of the day, you...
