Before officially starting my startup, one of my co-founders and I hatched a plan for optimizing our readiness. It included not just the things you might expect (market research, learning more about business organization, and culture planning, to name a few) but making sure we were physically fit and healthy, ready to pour lots of… Continue reading #FitFounder
To quit one’s job and start a company is a terrifying thing, a huge risk. But let’s reframe that with gratitude: to be able to quit one’s job and start a company is a huge privilege. I feel so lucky for this opportunity to embrace the risk, not that I haven’t worked for it, but there… Continue reading Risk and Privilege
I see so many people check out their last two weeks (or months!) on the job. I have a personal policy against it. Why? 1.) Empathy You wouldn’t want someone checking out on you. If you are somewhere, be there. Help smooth transitions, document tribal knowledge, and set those you leave behind up for success… Continue reading Never Check Out
It is the first of January, and I devoured Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 today. In a nutshell that does not do it service, this 1953 novel tells tale of a shallow and violent future society. It is a society which has traded in quality of thought for entertainment, and in an arguably prophetic way, it stands as both a… Continue reading Fahrenheit 451