Note – this is a republished from my Substack newsletter (The Next Brand) where I’m doing most of my writing these days. A few people have mentioned they want to know more about how exactly…
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How I Fixed My Sleeping Issue
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…
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…