Welcome to the Best Party Ever
Welcome to the Best Party Ever If no one’s said it yet, I’ll go first. Yes, I am reading Elon Musk’s Twitter Files—the exposé that started with Matt Taibbi’s thread showing the internal decision making that led to the Hunter Biden laptop story going poof in 2020. And yes, I’ve got the popcorn ready. Regardless […]
So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance
So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance Sometimes, and while our spirit animal might be more like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber, it takes a William Shakespeare to capture what we should have known all along. To that end, journalist Fred Bauer begins his post-mortem on last week’s midterm results with the perfect quote […]
A Scene From Twister
A Scene From Twister For lenders like us, last month’s news cycle felt like a scene from Twister—thrilling, terrifying, and pretty baffling all at the same time. Between high inflation and high employment, supply chain partners overseas growing even more wobbly, and a flaming political meltdown in the UK giving low tax policy a bad […]
Is the Puddle Half Full?
Success should be shared, and making the return journey is the way to share it. Sharing wisdom keeps entrepreneurs smart, humble, teachable.
First Time Saying No?
First Time Saying No? Every ladder starts with a bottom rung. If you’re like us, you probably have a lucid memory of where that climb began—so far down that looking up to the top meant having to squint. Origins are humbling, as anyone hitting the pavement as an entrepreneur, a Wall Street intern, a food […]
Balance in the Basics
Balance in the Basics Well, here we are. With the Fed’s July meeting wrapped up, and with that 75 basis-point-rate hike we all saw coming finally here… the noise about peak inflation, retailer profit warnings, and two quarters of negative growth not necessarily spelling ‘recession’ ain’t surprising. On the one hand, there’s optimism; not every […]
How to Survive in Interesting Times
War. Recession. A lingering pandemic. For every reason to be pessimistic, the hero’s journey offers perspective. Along with chances to grow stronger.
The Calm Before the Showdown
Ordeals come in waves. But between them, stillness offers insight. With the right tools, reflection gives entrepreneurs the strength to keep going.
Thinking Matters: Here’s Two Ways We Do It.
Cooks use recipes while chefs innovate. Both approaches work, but reasoning from first principles nudges us to flexible thinking and self-awareness.
How and How Not to Trust
How and How Not to Trust There’s a trust fable so caked with dust that no one knows its origins. You’ll find variations of it in Russia, Central Europe, ancient Greece, Sanskrit, scrolls from the Persian Empire… and you might even remember it from grade school. A scorpion, stranded at a river, asks a frog […]