Not All Startups Are Created Equal

Not all startups are created equal. Not every 22 y/o is Zuck. If you’re considering joining a startup, here’s how to evaluate it before joining. But first, the benefits of joining a winning startup: accelerated career growth speed to maturity deep learning in an interesting industry that can be parlayed into an industry role work…

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Doubling down on personal branding

I set a goal in 2021 to focus on building my personal brand but have struggled to consistently deliver on this. I think a big reason is not forcing a medium that I don’t enjoy. This past month I think I found an easy repeatable format to help me build the content muscle: I’m starting a…

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Reframing the Simone Biles Olympic Withdrawal

As we all know by now, Simone Biles removed herself from Olympic competition due to a case of the ‘twisties‘ or what other sports call the ‘yips’. She’s received an incredible amount of backlash for her decision to not compete in the Team or Individual All-Around competitions. What a terrible, difficult decision to make for…

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Learn How You Make Decisions

The past few months of remote work have really started to highlight to me how different leaders and thinkers make their decisions. Varying from speed and style to autonomy, I’ve learned a lot about how I personally like to make decisions and communicate them to the team. What I’ve found by observing other team members…

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Thankful This Thanksgiving

This is an excerpt from my weekly real estate newsletter. I’ve expanded upon it for my blog. 2020. What a year. To most this has been a very difficult and stressful year. Heck, to all it’s been that. I, annoying to most, am a glass half full person. Maybe it’s my distant understanding of stoicism…

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Favorite Advice from Naval Ravikant

I was recently sent this collection podcast clips and thoroughly enjoyed the concepts in Naval Ravikant talks about. He explains what wealth really means, how to create, and the characteristics to develop in pursuing it. It’s based on his tweet storm where he touches on these topics in short bursts. He spends time explaining what…

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Team Culture

As the teams I work with have grown over the past 3 years, I find it important to set the right tone and expectations for new members of the team. I put together a Culture Deck which I review with anyone new as part of their onboarding process. Some companies have defined culture traits and…

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3 Books I Gift to New Managers

As new faces get thrust into more senior roles within my relative space, I like to gift and recommend a few books that have impacted the way that I manage my day-to-day. Essentialism I was gifted this book in early 2018 during a particularly stressful and overwhelming period of work. Growing a small team, personally…

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Be a Bus Driver

Working in and building a high performing team in a startup environment comes with countless challenges and even more opportunities to seek out. I liken my role to that of a Bus Driver. It’s the job of anyone in ‘management’ (in quotes because depending on the situation, that term carries different meaning and connotations) to…

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