Passionate failure
Investors, mentors, entrepreneurs, and hiring managers have a habit of claiming divine abilities to judge other people’s emotions while admitting difficulty judging that same person’s actual skill and ability. Skills… Read more >
Parents don’t outsource their love
Actors don’t outsource their lines Musicians don’t outsource the creation of music Entrepreneurs don’t outsource the thing of value they bring to the world Recently I was on a panel… Read more >
September 2, 2016 Economics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investing 3 Read more >
The growing Norwegian startup community
I’ll be honest…Norway along with the other countries in Scandinavia weren’t at the top of my list for places to visit. The thought of cold and snow pretty much removed… Read more >
July 11, 2016 Entrepreneurship, Investing, Startups 0 Read more >
The top of the Northwest
Growing up in Seattle, I’ve spent my life traveling to British Columbia. You can see my two boys standing in two different countries ten years ago, recreating a photo of… Read more >
New rules, new liquidity for private company stock
You may have read my recent article on TechCrunch. I worked with a couple of great lawyers here in Seattle Joe Wallin and John Myer (highly recommend them both) on… Read more >
Building wealth investing in startups
Building wealth is easier when taxes aren’t involved. Over the decades, the top 1% of wealth in our society has used a variety of tax loopholes to expand their wealth… Read more >
AI008 How Not to Lose Money in Angel Investing with Josh Maher
My blog is turning into a collection of podcast episodes in which I share deep insights into investing in startups…. Not sure that’s so terrible. This one with Tatyana Gray… Read more >
The Pitch – Videopath
I had a great time on The Pitch recently reviewing the company videopath along with Seth Levine. Videopath is coming to life in an interesting time, many brands are moving… Read more >