Learning to do deep work together — I recently have been thinking about how to do deep work together. Especially while programing. We did a little experiment while trying to build an advertisement app in 30 minutes. I didn’t really want to program that day because it was so pretty outside, and also I don’t like staring…

Business vs Startups — There is a difference between startups and businesses that many people don’t understand. Businesses aren’t usually creating something that is entirely new and there is often a clear readily known path to success. That’s not the case with entrepreneurship or startups. Entrepreneurship doesn’t have clear readily known paths to success…

Being competitive without being toxic — One of the challenges of growing in maturity is defeating that us versus them logic that we often use to propel us. The need to compete against something often gives us the edge we need to be successful. The need to prove our worth. I remember when I ran track…

Trust is moving away from large organizations to influencers. — Trust is moving towards the edges of networks. It’s Interesting that we have seen this cycle happen in electronics multiple times. Some of the first computers were very large and you had to rent sever time. Places like IBM would let you rent time on these systems by accessing it…

I’ve been attempting to figure out how to learn faster and be more efficient in everyday working. I only want to work 4 hours a day, and to do that while getting things done means I have to be extremely efficient. There are several things that I can do to…

How we express our uniqueness by depending on others — There is a struggle between independence and dependence in every relationship we have. It doesn’t matter wether it’s a professional, platonic, or romantic relationship. Our individualistic society puts pressure on us to do it all ourselves. This should be the ultimate expression of our individuality, but then why are we…

This year I’ve made a goal to publish at least an article per week. So far I’ve hit it except for one week where, I wrote it ….but did not actually hit the button to publish it lol! …

You do not inherit a family business you borrow it from your grandchildren — Hermes Family Descendent I was recently attending an amazing Family Fund event where Mitzi Perdue was speaking on what allows ultra high net worth families to stay together and how rare it is. The likely hood…

When I look at people like Elon Musk and Jay Z, I realize there is an evolution of skills you can learn to slow or prevent your business from going under in any circumstance. Not all entrepreneurs have these skills. Paul Graham , who started y-combinator, once said he was…