Baseball and Life; Put in the Work
“Instead of wondering why or trying really hard to impress a coach or the people who make the decisions, I said, ‘you knowRead More
The Black Widow and 9 Ball taught me lots about startup
I once beat Janet Lee, the famous black widow, at nine ball in a giant exhibition. * ** While you’ll have to read toRead More
The Big Climb: High altitude, altered judgement, and ne
I was in Deer Valley recently for a Pelion LP meeting and the topic turned to high- altitude climbing. Entrepreneurs that IRead More
A huge edge for angels & start-ups: Learn to Guess
Beach volleyball taught me something very valuable in angel investing: how to guess. I’ve been playing since the mid-90′s, when I discovered anRead More
Let’em crash: Unsolicited advice on being a kid,
I learned a few things about entrepreneurship from my buddy Dave Buckenheimer and my RollFast Wing bike — but bear with me first: this isRead More
Let the tide take you… KFAC comes ashore again
I was sitting on my porch, listening to the water gurgle peacefully in the pool as it does when I don’t changeRead More
What waves taught me about angel investing… from
There’s a little town on the coast of Ecuador that is a down-market heaven called Montanita. Believe it or not, it taught meRead More
Up close with hammerheads: Galapagos dives
I’ve gone nuts for oxygen! It was a gradual attraction, I’ll admit. We have been to so many wonderful places in the world,Read More
Berlin Impressions.
I keep meeting good people. The world is full of them, though they are often hidden behind what governments project in order toRead More
The world’s best pool.
Swimming is getting more important in the work-out mashup that is a middle-age athletic life. I used to love the pool as aRead More