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 >
Letters to my kids – Shortcuts
Seventeenth in the series – Letters to my kids In life everyone says there are no shortcuts, I disagree. Since a young age I was great at finding easter eggs,… 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 >
This is going to be a huge business
…is what many entrepreneurs say to themselves or their co-founder after a few months of hacking away at an interesting concept or idea. Building models in their spare time, talking… Read more >
6 books to read when startup valuations are deteriorating
With startup valuations falling as fast as oil prices, investors and entrepreneurs need to remind themselves how value is created when innovative high growth companies are built. Here’s a few… Read more >
Making the leap to entrepreneurship in 2016
While catching up on my saved links over the holidays, I watched this great compilation from the team at Blockshelf from 2014. It’s incredibly relevant today. If you’re an entrepreneur… Read more >