Things are tense in the family household. As two entrepreneurs and parents, we are navigating risk & reward; experience & ignorance; and freedom & fear. When the bank account pops up at zero balance, it punctuates an unsettled feeling of taking two steps backward, before propelling ourselves (hopefully) forward into the safe zone of steady […]
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Impact
I just wrapped up a fantastic project for a global company focused on, in my own words, product innovation for humanity. Their mission doesn’t say anything close to that. As I sat through a full day of presentation rehearsals, I balanced my time between really listening to each speaker’s story, and carefully analyzing the cinematic […]
No bad start up ideas
I was at Whole Foods tonight staring at an endcap (end of the aisle) filled with product really similar to what a group of us is working on. I was sort of awe-struck by three things. 1. Here it was. Our idea. Beautifully executed. 2. Whoa, they want to charge that much? 3. This is […]
The truth about start ups
A friend reached to me the other day to run his new business idea by me. Within the first 20 minutes, I was surprised to hear him say “we all know that 90% of start ups fail…” Whoa, wait a minute. Did he just say 90%? I leaned in. I needed to dig in to […]
Managing Appearances Part 2
In an earlier blog I shared a story about a boss who was more concerned about managing appearances than delivering quality product. Thus not always pleasing his/her constituents. But what happens when you aren’t really good at neither managing appearances nor pleasing your audience? Seems to me that these are two critical aspects to keeping […]
The Back Up Plan
Are you trying to figure out what to do to bring in money, so you can focus on what you really love during weeknights and weekends? I’m not sure how biased my observation is, but anecdotally I can tell you that I know more and more individuals, Gen Xers, baby boomers, empty nesters, and aging […]
