Notes from a parallel entrepreneur — on companies, family, climate, food, and the slow work of figuring out what to do with the next ten years.
I hope I never lose the drive to build. If I have one superpower, it's the interest and ability to build over a long period of time. This is what it takes to make a durable business. A durable business takes time. If it's built fast, it can end fast …
Reflections on attending a political fundraiser, speaking out against purist ideology, and discovering a home in the progressive middle.
I haven't written anything here about artificial intelligence, even though I use it every day. My work life is entirely dependent on it now. Being without it would feel like doing my job with no internet. The main tool for me is Claude Code. I run a tech company, and …
My dog is named Charlie. I kind of wish we spelled it differently. She could be Charley, the same spelling that Steinbeck used in "Travels with Charley." But that's not the way we spelled it when we named her. I live with this mistake every day. Charlie likes to be …
I have been reading Where the Red Fern Grows, one chapter each night, to my kids. I can't take credit for this idea; it was my wife's. I've been the one keeping it going, though. I love this book. It was first recommended to me by my Aunt Harriet some …
Today I went to my high school reunion. I went because I wanted to go, and also because I organized it. Why did I organize it? I don't know. I'm writing this post to figure that out. I'm a sucker for nostalgia. I wrote about it in my post about …
The journey from rejecting venture capital to raising $5M for Shovels, building a big data business focused on the physical world and climate companies.
Celebrating Shovels reaching $80K MRR and sharing the most important lesson: the quality of your idea determines your success more than execution alone.