Meet my new executive coach, Claude
Seth Godin shared a post recently about the capabilities of AI platform Claude. I gave it a whirl. Back in 2011 I was embroiled in a small city scuffle that became known as “Burritogate.”...
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Book Review: Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson (2023)
Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography of Elon Musk is a masterful portrayal of one of the most innovative and controversial figures of our time. The pace of the book reminded me of the movie “Magnolia,”...
Letting go of Busy
Using the magic of SaneBox this link/article on “The Cult of Busy” comes up in my inbox every year on Nov 14. I had just turned 45 when I first read it in 2014,...
Book Review: The In-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger
75 years and 30 minutes ago – exactly – In-N-Out Burger opened its very first restaurant. And a few hours ago I just happened to finish Lynsi Snyder’s new book The In-N-Outs of In-N-Out...
Why Boloco Needs to Be Your Next Tenant
Note: This was a journal entry written in late 2018 after sending a proposal to John Hancock – who owned the space on Copley Square we were considering at the time. We had a...
LinkedIN Profile
I’ve decided to move my LinkedIN Profile here. Trying to reduce presence on apps, etc. ———— Entrepreneur and Early-Stage Investor. I’ve been investing “on the side” since I backed B.Good (www.bgood.com) in 2003 (sold...
Linked In Trickery
I tested “Hibernate” mode on LinkedIn the other day on a particularly frustrating day. Would it make a difference in any way, I wondered. A “Mental Health” day, let’s call it. Answer for me...
Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
It took me many years to stop apologizing for saying the same things over and over again, year after year, as we built Boloco. As I go through and purge old files in the...
Write Little, Write A Lot, Just Don’t Write Nothing
Note: ChatGPT 4.0 Prompt to what were pretty bare bones notes: “Can you rewrite my entry to make it more provocative?” I’m not thrilled with posting this reasonably useless piece of writing, but I...
Time’s Relentless March: Navigating the Shifting Sands of Modernity
The relentless march of time is both a blessing and a curse, simultaneously chipping away at our youth and driving humanity to new heights. Our perception of “modern times” is an ever-changing kaleidoscope, continuously...
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