<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Vérité Ventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vérité Ventures]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:32:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.veriteventures.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[In Third Grade….]]></title><description><![CDATA[In third grade, in the middle of music class, Ms. Traylor asked me to sing, then play the recorder. 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Diana...]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/post/insecticide-excerpt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640b4b93562c8b1299071dbb</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:25:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/748c1c_34749c1e99e14355954cd6b9a0fa4750~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>venturesverite</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[View that Inspired Setting of Scene 1 in Insecticide:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diana watched the body floating in the ocean. Lifeless current lifted the limp body up one wave, then buried it under the next. Diana...]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/post/view-that-inspired-setting-of-scene-1-in-insecticide-15</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640a33b4077a0156a2f1c87a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:30:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/748c1c_48a9f4c6230a4bf6a11be7c3ee5744f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>venturesverite</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind CTI Ltd (NASD:MNDO); My Fair Value Estimate:]]></title><description><![CDATA[·Abbreviations: o   My Estimate of Fair Value (MFV) o   Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) o   Operating Earnings (OI) o   Enterprise...]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/post/mind-cti-ltd-nasd-mndo-my-fair-value-estimate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640a328d7df0e397a8855e04</guid><category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:29:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/748c1c_58ba16a840584e02a4baeff615ed2db4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_512,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>venturesverite</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insecticide Excerpt:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brandon could see clearly when he was four years old, with glasses. He remembered his fourth birthday. So, if was he was still a child,...]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/post/insecticide-excerpt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6408bbf5bc8664430f5b676d</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/748c1c_5b2f9e43657345ea989c6903ed088411~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>venturesverite</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can I (you) be a writer? And, how to be a writer.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I quit my job in 2016. After fifteen years, I’d had enough corporate life. 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(NASD:PETS); My Fair Value Estimate:]]></title><description><![CDATA[·Abbreviations: o   My Estimate of Fair Value (MFV) o   Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) o   Operating Earnings (OI) o   Enterprise...]]></description><link>https://www.veriteventures.com/post/petmed-express-inc-nasd-pets-my-fair-value-estimate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e529b07e05ae73da4f0893</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:22:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/748c1c_854f10281ce6435c93455595fda61692~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_670,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>venturesverite</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insecticide 2: Starting the Second Draft]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started the second draft of Insecticide Two. It feels like a process of zooming in. I started with the wide view. 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