noun — a person who owns; possessor; proprietor Table of Contents: World-class problem solving How much do you want to own Values at District Zero Our progress Equity give-back Hold us to a higher standard 7. #blacklivesmatter World-class problem solving Strength is in diversity. At District Zero, we utilize proven agile and learning frameworks such as…

Spring 2019 Launch Details — Last 12-months at Cleu Learning from majority mobile market. Listening to customer pain points. Testing scalable solutions. Building our core team. Building win-win partnerships. Filing provisional patent(s).

Why do others say this? — Humans enjoy endorphins. We seek emotions that make us feel good. We look to the ideologies taught to us as we’re young- to discover and achieve ‘happiness’ and ‘success’ in our short life on earth. …

Stats: 1. Over 1-Billion People Wake-Up to Smartphone Everyday ⏰ 2. Average 12 apps used before walking out door in morning📱 3. Average 180 phone checks per day ⌚️📱 Dopamine: Likes, comments, retweets invoke similar response to any addictive substance abuse. Only handicapping yourself when immediately responding to device notifications. Trends: 1. Adolescent…

Reset a what? Yeah. I learned the term myself last year through weekly walks with a former CEO. The hyper-evolving information that was shared from high level organization decision-making, allowed me to adapt and evolve my personal approach to our Product Growth Strategy. -Origin — John Boyd “Greatest Military Strategist” Created “Energy Maneuverability Theory” = Aircraft Kinetic…

Last time we checked in I had to put a hard break on Cleu. Company wasn’t making enough money, we were taking incremental development steps, and most importantly, the IoT/AI market was still in it’s infancy. Wait. Cleu’s back? Yeah. Why? Because the market doesn’t work on my time and I don’t quit. What’d you learn? The market is ready for an…

25 years in the USA and why I’m not leaving. — 1990 — Family Immigrates from Pakistan 1993 — First sibling born in USA 1996 — Family moves to suburban town in USA 1997 — Second sibling born in USA 2001 — First wave of Islamic racism in USA 2004—Attend higher Education in USA 2011 —Start creating jobs in USA 2016—Second…

A run-through of my learnings in the mobile wild-wild-west and why I‘ve finally decided to take a step back. 2007 — Unlocked my first iPhone. 2009—Started working for Apple. 2011 — Built my first iOS team. 2012 — Launched my first iOS product. 2014—Registered my first iOS corporation. 2016 —…

Connecting one more dot. — San Francisco — Hattery It’s spring of ‘09 in Los Angeles as I’m pulled over off Beverly Glen and Mulholland. I had spent the last 3 weeks flying back and forth from Chicago. Cruising around after my final interview at CAA earlier in the day for an IT executive assistant…