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It's become standard operating procedure of the 21st century. It surrounds us and constantly asks us to take part in it's joyful pursuit. Every time you get a like on that status message or photo the vanity loop is reinforced. We've scaled the shit

A little over 2 weeks ago I found myself unable to fall asleep. Energized by my new project I was busting with excitement, ideas and possibilities. It felt great, mostly, except until I went to bed. On this particular night I found myself completely incapable of escaping this world and

Hard conversations are the stuff that growth is made of. Ignore them at your peril. Whether with your spouse, partner, co-founder, team member, family member, friend or employee. It is through hard conversations that you enable one another to grow. What exactly are hard conversations made of? Typically how something

In the 4+ years I've lived in Silicon Valley I've found there are entrepreneurs and investors starting, funding, and running companies for reasons other than building products that solve problems. These are what I've come to call: Valley Boys.  And there are many of

A younger me used to believe that girlfriends + startup = fail. We've all heard the classic silicon valley story of a few entrepreneurs shacked up in an apartment coding all night, living off taco bell. The story ends with the question: how do you compete against that? So I