Integrate work and life

You could separate work from life. As in the phrase "work-life balance", work versus life. They can be separate buckets with separate goals, time slots, people,

30 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

The negotiation technique that enables deep conversations

The single biggest thing that made me a better friend, partner, colleague, and mentor came from an unexpected place. Two years ago, I was working through a breakup

21 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Stock options are hard

As an employee, startup stock options are hard. I'm feeling pretty confident by now, but only because I've seen my friends get burned and

10 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Commitment

I'm both a millennial and a startup founder and both of these groups are often considered flaky perhaps, unable to commit. They seem like they'

7 Jun 2021 · 5 min read

Cause variance

How do you end up with an outlier success? I guess the common advice would be to "leave your comfort zone". That's hard to

16 May 2021 · 1 min read

Digital dopamine-seeking

My nervous system is in a civil war over my actions. The dopamine-seeking side keeps winning. Dopamine itself is crucial: it's a neurotransmitter driving you to

6 May 2021 · 1 min read

School-career mashup

There's an abrupt life transition almost everyone goes through: school to job. You might go from middle school to manual labour, or PhD to teacher. But

4 May 2021 · 1 min read

Courage in the face of variance

Startups have high variance: the top few % reap most of the rewards. The same is true for artists of all kind, and to a lesser extent, software engineers:

3 May 2021 · 1 min read

The office

Who needs an office these days? It’s a needless expense. I currently work alone, and when I meet others I do it via video call or on

8 Mar 2021 · 2 min read

To kill a mock-up, first

I ran my first design sprint last week. According [https://www.gv.com/sprint/] to the creators: > The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business

26 Feb 2021 · 5 min read