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: 3 minutesEric Ries The Lean Startup ISBN: 978-0-307-88789-4 In any field, there are a number of books that tend to be referenced the most. These are the classics that everyone in the field should read, or at least be familiar. In entrepreneurship, many people start with the work of Steve Blank on customer discovery or Alexander … [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…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDave Jilk and Brad Feld The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche ISBN: 978-1-5445-2140-4 I never had the chance to take a philosophy class in college. When I wasn’t in class, I was producing media in the Communication Studies building, creating something in the chemistry lab, working at the hospital, or community building with a local non-profit. You … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBrian McCullough How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone ISBN: 978-1-63149-307-2 Most history books that I’ve read over the years have covered topics and civilizations long past. The Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, and the founding of the United States are all popular topics. Recent history doesn’t get much coverage, especially events from … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAntonio Garcia Martinez Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley ISBN: 978-0-06-245820-9 Imagine a story featuring some of the best, most talented people in America, along with some of the worst. What if some of the characters in that story fit both descriptions? And, what if those people were responsible for the … [Read more…]
Reading Time: 10 minutesHave you ever had the feeling that you didn’t accomplish much in a certain amount of time, but you look back later and realize that you actually accomplished a huge number of things? That’s how the last couple of months have been for me. At the time, it didn’t feel like I was getting much … [Read more…]
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