Henri Pierre-Jacques

What It Will Take for Miami to Become a True Talent Hub? After five years in Miami I am becoming more entrenched and more dedicated to the ecosystem. I recently shared my perspective at the Miami-...

Is Now The Best Or Worst Time In Venture Capital? I just wrote my first Op-ed piece in Forbes and am excited to be a contributor for the next few months, writing long form pieces on topics I spend...

Most of my early misses weren’t because of bad founders. They were because I over-weighted the market. That was a mistake. Early in my career, I optimized for the market, TAM, multiples, and comp...

When we started Harlem Capital, I never imagined we’d one day be welcoming our 25th intern class. What began as an experiment during business school to launch the fund has become one of the most m...

My wife and I built our 2035 vision board, which was the first time we planned 10 years out instead of just one. We defined the life we want without constraints: home, cars, travel, our son’s educ...

I usually set annual goals, but for 2026 I went a step further and defined the mindsets required to achieve them. That shift from what I want to do to who I need to be was dramatically more valuab...

Happy Holidays from the PJs! This year, we did a family portrait painting, and it made me reflect on the legacy that matters most to me: family. I love walking past it every day as it’s a remind...

I've been on a lot of panels, but this one is a first, speaking with my wife. Couldn't be prouder of the community she's built with HerKind and the impact she's making on thousands of women. We'...

I'm excited to continue building with Qiyun and the Fintary team. We met in 2020 when Qiyun was working on her last insurance company, but we stayed in touch as building is a long game. Harlem Ca...

Seven years ago, Harlem Capital started with one simple belief: back great founders who were often overlooked. Today, that belief has taken us here: - 20K+ deals reviewed - 70+ investments - $2...

Excited to back Auston and the AccessGrid team as they look to become the API for digital access, bridging the gap between digital identity and physical access. They are turning our phones into sec...

The founders who inspire me most are the ones who show up when the odds are stacked against them. Over the years, we’ve seen a pattern in what qualities make those founders win. At Harlem Capital,...

I had one of my favorite conversations with Kasey Brown on how I’ve raised $50M directly from LinkedIn DMs. No ads. No events. Just consistency and connection. When you’re building something that...

Investors being clear about what it takes to earn their next check provides so much more clarity for both sides. This applies across the board, from VCs to founders and LPs to VCs. Too often it f...

Everything in life is a people's business. Focus on the people. Especially in an AI world. 🎧 Listen to the High Stakes Podcast with Paige Soya on: YouTube: https://lnkd.in/g-S9hVEx Spotify: ht...

We had our team retreat in SF this week. We do them quarterly to step back, bond, and go deep. This one was all about the question: If you were building a VC fund from scratch today in an AI world...

What I find interesting about 996 culture is the focus on hours, not productivity. 72 hours a week is actually very average in early finance. I used to work 90+ hour weeks for stretches, but those...

🧵 Here’s what I’ve learned building one of the largest intern programs in Venture: • 20K+ applicants reviewed • 130+ interns managed • 5 hired full-time • 50+ now working in VC The interns...

People often say Miami tech is dead. But the reality is it just looks different. It’s not as in your face given the culture of the city. Miami tech is still young so it does not have tons of lat...

A week in Martha’s Vineyard gave me so much at a time when some are trying to quiet my Blackness. It was a time to be loud and proud of who I am. Martha’s Vineyard is one of the few places in Amer...