If you don’t like dogs, startups, coastlines, and a healthy dose of sarcasm, I may not be your cup of salted almond milk cold foam iced coffee with 9 pumps of sugar-free vanilla syrup, 7 packets of salt, and 2 Splenda (Starbucks baristas, you are the real MVPs).
I was…
I’ve built companies for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and I’ve built companies for hundreds of dollars. I’ve also lost hundreds of thousands of dollars (typically on those more expensive-to-build companies), and I’ve made hundreds of thousands on companies with an initial investment of under a thousand.
I’m living proof…
A few years ago I received an email out of the blue that really took me by surprise.
I was at least a couple of years into my startup journey (also known as, living in a dingy 400 square foot studio apartment and trying to stretch my savings as long…
Let’s be honest: I know why you’re here.
You’re excited to hear another startup failure story from someone whose dreams have crashed and burned before them, even better to hear it was all their fault (what a poor, pathetic loser of an entrepreneur they must be), and you can’t wait…
I don’t open up quickly or easily and I have an auto-cringe response to most anything mushy or gushy hurled my way. I like to keep my friends, enemies, and pretty much all humans a good six to ten emotional feet away from me on a fairly regular basis.
On…
Last year, I made a $1.4M purchase that surprised even me. That purchase came on the heels of a months-long search for prospective startups to acquire. After hundreds of hours spent pouring through attractive opportunities, I trashed them and went all-in on a completely different industry. …
I’ll admit it: I was one of the lucky ones. Come New Year’s Eve, 2021, I was one of the fortunate few who’d successfully dodged Covid and its every variant. In fact, if I’m brutally honest, some of my businesses had even experienced quarantine boosters (in sales, not the shot)…
I stared at the email, mentally sifting through the most succinct, palatable answer to a question I hear all too often. Unfortunately, the real answer isn’t succinct, and it isn’t what she wanted to hear. It didn’t matter; I bit the bullet and replied with an honest miniature novel.
Her…
I sat beside my former client-turned-close friend, sharing a sushi roll and ringing in the new year with a secret on my chest. I’d danced around the confession for months, repeatedly steering our conversations into lighter, less business-focused avenues. Until tonight.
She shared her big news first. I blinked back…
If you’re anything like me, you’re no stranger to spiraling. For those less spiral-prone people, here’s a brief example of spiraling in action:
