These posts don’t really fit into any specific group.
Reading Time: 9 minutesI love the week between Christmas and the new year. You forget what day of the week it is. There’s no need for an alarm in the morning. Christmas cookies and candy are an acceptable dinner. As we drift toward the end of the year and celebrations of the new year late this evening into … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn my 40th birthday in October, I sat down and began to think back on life so far – something about a milestone birthday will make one do that. In the last ten years, and especially the last three or so since entrepreneurial events restarted post-corona, I’ve made a ton of progress forging a career … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesAt this time last year, still in a jetlagged time haze and reorienting from living on the other side of the world for a month, I started as Director of Undergraduate Incubator Programs at The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. I showed up the first day of the fall semester under the impression … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 10 minutesLast time I wrote, I was waist-deep in preparing for the Undergraduate Incubator Summer Track, my 11-week experiment in accelerating 16 student businesses from super-early stage to a point where they are beta testing a product or generating revenue. We have four stages in the program – idea, startup, traction, and growth – and the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 9 minutesIn what seems like the blink of an eye, we’re a quarter of the way through the year and over halfway done with the spring semester. I’m deep into preparation for the summer program at the Undergraduate Incubator, and I’ve started prepping for the fall semester since I’ve already been asked if I need to … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s a lot to look forward to next year. One thing is for certain: there’s not going to be as much travel in the next 12 months as there was in the previous 12 months. On one hand, it will be nice to be home more – my garage and yard could certainly use some … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhen I sit down to pull together a summary of each year, I begin by writing down all of the different places I’ve been, different events I’ve attended, and any major lessons learned over the course of the year. Since I began this process nearly a decade ago, the list has grown longer each year … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 6 minutesI don’t usually write a blog post this close to my year-end review posts, but it’s just been like that this year. I feel like I’ve been playing catch-up most of the last 18 months, and especially the last 6 months. I’ve been working on this blog post one or two sentences at a time … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 8 minutesOver the course of 2022, I’ve added so many different titles. International traveler. Entrepreneurial educator. Nonprofit founder. Incubator director. I already had startup founder, certified cider professional, and ecosystem builder on the list. I guess I need larger business cards, don’t I? The past few months have been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. After things … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 11 minutesThe 24 days I spent in Arua flew by much quicker than I thought they would. It felt like the final week of my time there moved the quickest. I really didn’t spend more time working with the students during that week than I did the other two weeks of the class. Dealing with my … [Read more…]
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