Getting Real

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That ended up being the morning I discovered my life’s mission. And it has changed everything. Here’s the question that changed it all.

I have found myself drifting toward despair at the state of the world over the last couple of years. This week snapped me back to optimism.

We celebrate the singular, bone-grinding determination of the entrepreneur. Is there a better way?

I spent 35 years of my life trying to go faster. Joy, success, and connectedness only returned when I slowed down. If what we’re aiming for…

I’ve developed a habit of writing letters to my son as a vehicle to begin conversations with him we can’t fully have in person for a few…

I was shocked when my eye doctor could tell by looking at my retinas that I was likely a tech CEO. Knowing zero about me, he predicted my…

I wrote this statement two years ago about the leader I aspired to be. Today is the first time I’ve ever shared it.

A small team’s journey to turn around a venture-backed company mid-flight, avoid death, survive our own mistakes, and grow up along the…

I shared in my last post my realization I’d reached 38 years on this planet without really learning to fully accept or love myself. A…

Yesterday, I sat in a board meeting getting pats on the back for all our recent success. Hours later, I was in my living room weeping at…

I’m speaking at a conference next week. A CEO of an early-stage (pre-seed) company in LA emailed me asking if I thought he should attend.

I’m the CEO of a successful startup. We do millions in revenue and have thousands of customers. So why is daydreaming about quitting such a…

Fundraising is my demon. I hate it. I’ve been trying to unpack why. And if it has to feel so terrible.

How to (maybe) save your business. And your ass.

Our approach to building a life-giving, profit-generating engine.

I carry a nearly constant, irrational fear that if my company fails my professional life will be over. I’ve been surprised to find my…

Some days, an overwhelming shadow of fear, self-doubt, and despair comes over me. Here’s what it feels like and how I find my way out.

I did. It was brutal. Then beautiful. Here’s what I learned.

And why lying to one another is killing us.