I Tried London's Most-Recommended Cheesecake. Sorry, La Maritxu.

The most brutally honest cheesecake review you can find on the internet.

Aug 18 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

July 2025

The Path to Midas

What Life & Career choices increase the odds of becoming one of the world's best Venture Capitalists?

Jul 21 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

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March 2025

What makes a great start-up advisor

Why Most Startup Advice Is Bad—And How to Get the Right One

Mar 20 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

2

December 2024

Warsaw's Best Cheesecake

For most of 2024, the Global Cheesecake Ranking stayed as steady as an overbaked New York cheesecake.

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

November 2024

Growth as a VC value-add

Growth as a post-investment platform focus is unpopular but potentially revolutionary.

Nov 19, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

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October 2024

VC Value-Add Is a Myth? Only When Executed Poorly.

And it's both VCs and founders to blame.

Oct 11, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

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👋 Hello

I'm Mal, an early-stage venture capitalist working with startups globally. I share my notes on the two things I like most: cheesecakes and my work.

Oct 7, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

What's going on in the Qatari VC ecosystem?

September 2024 update

Oct 6, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

How to break into Venture Capital in the Middle East

(if you’re not from the region)

Oct 6, 2024 • 

Malgorzata Filipowska

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