Essays

I publish essays about once a week on media, startups, creativity, and mindset.

Startups Sep 16, 2020

What it feels like to sell your company

It should have been one of the best days of my life. And yet on the day the deal closed, I felt depleted.

Mindset Sep 09, 2020

Launch day

Launch day always brings some unique feelings. One chapter closes, and countless others begin. There is anxiety. There is relief. There is possibility.

Creative Process Sep 02, 2020

Making things and putting them on the internet

Last year, a friend who runs a middle school in Red Hook, Brooklyn invited me to speak to a group of eighth graders at their career day. My fellow speakers were an education administrator and a pharmaceutical salesperson. Compared to them, my career arc was a little harder to explain.

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