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The Fastest Way to Solve Tech’s Diversity Problem

The Fastest Way to Solve Tech’s Diversity Problem

As the world commemorates the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the best ways to acknowledge his legacy is to…
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The Truth About Success

The Truth About Success

There is a myth we founders like to tell ourselves. It’s the myth that whatever we’ve accomplished is due to our own smarts, talent and…
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Love and Tacos

Love and Tacos

In late 2015 Brittany and I made our first angel investment, and it wasn’t in a tech startup. It was in an industry where we have far far…
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Don’t Follow the Herd

Don’t Follow the Herd

I hear a lot of young people say they want to go into venture capital these days. It’s a sexy job that sits atop of the startup food chain…
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Playing Offense in the age of Mass Incarceration

Playing Offense in the age of Mass Incarceration

Today we live in an era where one in three black men will go to jail during their lifetime. One in three!
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#LongLA

#LongLA

When Brittany and I left Chicago we had made a decision to optimize the next phase of our lives for happiness. We knew we were moving to…
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That Time I Witnessed a Post Trump Hate Crime

That Time I Witnessed a Post Trump Hate Crime

If you’re following the news you’ve probably heard about all the hate crimes and hate speech that has proliferated since Trump became our…
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Getting Yourself Out of A Funk

Getting Yourself Out of A Funk

We had been in a funk. For days we had been holed up reading books. First in Lake Titicaca and then back in La Paz. We hadn’t really left…
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America’s Heroin Epidemic vs Bolivia

America’s Heroin Epidemic vs Bolivia

When we were at Lake Titicaca I read a book called Dreamland about the current heroin epidemic consuming the United States.
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The Only Thing I Remember From 7th Grade Social Studies

The Only Thing I Remember From 7th Grade Social Studies

Lake Titicaca, which for obvious reasons is the only global body of water whose name I can remember from my 7th grade social studies class…
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