For the last 6 months I’ve had a terrible time sleeping 🛌. More nights than not, I’ve woken up after 5–6 hours completely unable to get back to sleep. Pretty typical night of sleep this…
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I’m starting an email newsletter
I started an email newsletter (The Next Brand) where I’ll be doing most of my future writing. My goal is to write 2x/month on topics of health, wellness and building great brands. Check out the…
Is Impossible Burger healthy?
As the plant-based trend picks up steam (and the Beyond Meat IPO outperforms), plenty of people are asking – is the Impossible Burger healthy? tl;dr – no. Not in my opinion. Take a look at…
shipping your calendar
there’s a relatively common idea in startup world that a company “ships its org chart”. this is called Conway’s law: in effect, it means that a given company will end up shipping a product that…
stranded ideas
today i learned about “mastery learning” – basically, a process where students study a concept until they can pass test showing 90% proficiency, then they move onto the next concept. not only that, but it…
quick idea – a tax policy that supports high-growth small business
one of the biggest things i’ve learned over the last 2.5 years growing kettle & fire 300%+ per year is the importance of cashflow… and how growth can actually kill you when you’re dealing with…
my talk at crypto refactor camp
a few weekends ago, i attended and spoke at ribbonfarm’s crypto refactor camp. the event was fantastic, and had a ton of amazing, thoughtful people. i loved it. i figured i’d share the (very rough)…
contrarian thought – ideas are (almost) everything
the more i’ve done in my career, the more i’ve come to believe that it’s more important to come up with a unique, great idea than it is to choose a thing blindly and execute…
the 4 kinds of side businesses you can start
ah, the side hustle. i’ve become somewhat of a (self-proclaimed) expert at doing random things on the side over the course of my life. in the last few years i’ve created udemy courses, launched a…
are emotions important?
One of the biggest realizations I’ve had this year is that my emotions are not important. Not that I should control them, or manage them better… but that they literally do not matter. At best,…