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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…]

Reading Time: 13 minutesIt took over four days of traveling and meetings, but I finally made it to Arua in the far northwest part of Uganda, just a few kilometers from the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and economic hub of the region. After settling into the apartment for a bit, Gerard and I went … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 13 minutesHey. It’s been a while. I’ve been on quite the series of adventures over the past couple of months. I knew there wouldn’t really be time to blog before I hit the skies bound for the other side of the world, but I had no idea how busy things were going to be when I … [Read more…]

Reading Time: 12 minutesEach time I sit down to write one of these blog posts, I am under the delusion that I can finish the thing in one sitting. I have my list of topics to cover – events I’ve attended or run in the past month or two, developments in my many different projects, creative projects that … [Read more…]