Outside the Room
Breaking down the deals that shape capital, culture, creativity, and access.
Outside the Room is my newsletter for making sense of the deals shaping markets and culture after the room has cleared.
I look at moves across startups, music, sports, media, entertainment, brand partnerships, nonprofits, real estate, luxury, AI, creative technology, ownership models, and distribution.
The point is to understand what a deal reveals: who had leverage, who gained access, who owned the upside, and why the room was open to some people but closed to others.
Some issues will cover recent deals. Others will look at older, overlooked, or historically important ones when they still explain something useful about power, opportunity, ownership, or access.
The lens is simple: capital, culture, creative ownership, and strategic access.