It’s been some time since I’ve taken a step back and written anything, so as a “practice post”, I’m gong to write about a recent (delicious)curiosity of mine — Wine. I won’t say “passion”, because I lack the (#1)confidence and (#2)“taste” to be a passionate wino. …

this was a write up done back in 2011/2012 that i published not long before leaving college. it was at a moment when i was perplexed on next steps, challenges and what lay ahead of me — funny enough i would soon realize that those questions don’t go away, they…

Do you instantly know why you wake up in the morning? Kind of an odd question isn’t it? Now what if I asked, “Do you know what burns at the pit of your stomach, throwing you into action when you wake?” Now that’s interesting… Purpose, fire in the pit of…

When you think about traditional marketing, there are 3 major elements — identification of user/customer needs, building a remarkable product that fulfills those needs, and finding ways to communicate your products value at scale. Your product’s brand plays a huge role in how people talk about, buy and use the…

Boasting nearly 300 million active monthly users, those who haven’t yet succumbed to the lure of Twitter seem unlikely to ever do so, and they’re missing out on an exciting and intoxicating experience. …

<Writer’s Note: my involvement with MyUnfold has ended> MyUnfold is a passion project of mine. Something I speak about often and something that has had a bit of history. But if you think MyUnfold is a social network, a LinkedIn competitor or an ATS system — you don’t know MyUnfold…

How I’m looking at personal goals for every three months of 2015 (now, 2016) — think of this idea as interval-sprints — the goal here is small victories to the big win — the big sexy ‘W’. Self-evaluations are always good, but the notion of year-long resolutions every year, may…

Surprisingly this isn’t something you can find on-hand online, and believe me, it’s something you get almost scolded for when asking other VCs or seasoned entrepreneurs. Still, many ‘young’ entrepreneurs don’t know the answer to the “funding” vs “liquid” lead time. Not cool.

Described by GeekWire as “one of the Seattle area’s most accomplished entrepreneurs,” Richard Tait started his career at Microsoft in 1988 where over 9 years he would start more than a dozen businesses. He went on to co found the games company Cranium which grew to be one of the…