What happens when the tools finally catch up with your imagination? During the dot-com years, there was a particular kind of failure I remember almost as clearly as the excitement of what we were building. We were creating applications…
The internet needed content. AI needs to understand why yours matters. I was fortunate enough to participate in the dot-com era, back when every company suddenly needed a website and very few of us knew exactly why. We were building things as quickly as we could, occasionally with a business
For the first time in a long while, I find myself just a little less afraid. Maybe it’s the changing seasons—no more ice on the roads, warm sun through the windows. Each time I drive to the club, it feels a little bit easier. A bit more normal. But every so often, something still catches
I have spent a surprising amount of my life around technology for someone who has never really known how to write software. Long before AI became something everyone talked about, I was downloading open-source projects, installing things…
THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST
Life doesn’t follow a business plan.
Some of the most important things I’ve written have nothing to do with business. They’re about Lauren and Brooks, our family, and finding our way through the unexpected.
I’ve spent my life following ideas into places I didn’t expect. Companies, motorcycles, new technology. And a few detours that taught me more than the straight roads ever could.