Mischa Vaughn

I plan and execute strategies of creative mass communication. Specialties include: writing and editorial, video production, advertising, press strategy & coordination, social media, podcasts, and events.

Currently, I'm a Partner and the Head of Content at Felicis, your favorite founder's favorite venture firm. Past roles include content & comms leadership at Webflow, Carta, and Pivotal. Also previously an early employee at Upworthy and Twitter.

Topics

Here's what's intriguing me right now:

Personal

• Child development
• Modern storytelling
• Strength training

Work

• Video production
• Building brand awareness
• Creative collaboration

Societal

• Climate change
• Future of food
• Education

Media recs

Severance - It's Lost meets The Office with the best cinematography. Intriguing mystery box.
Children's books by Lucy Cousins - My son's favorite author/illustrator as far as I can tell. Hooray for Fish is a banger in our house. Full of whimsy, color, and fun.
Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel & The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - One of the top five living novelists IMO. Read these in this order and thank me later.
Escaping Flatland by Hernrik Karlsson - The best Swedish dad blogger. A philosophical newsletter that I love reading.
Short stories — Like short films, people should consume more short stories. Make them part of your regular media diet when you're not doomscrolling. Here are some of my favs: George Saunders, Etgar Keret, Kelly Link, Jorge Luis Borges, Ken Liu, Alice Munro, Ted Chiang.