I've spent the last fifteen years building things—companies, products, teams, and ideas—in the messy, nonlinear way that actually characterizes entrepreneurship rather than the way it's usually portrayed in startup mythology. I've started businesses that failed, learned from them, started others that succeeded, and tried to extract principles from both that actually hold up under the weight of real-world complexity.
Background
Before I started my own ventures, I worked in management consulting for three years, advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy and operations. The experience taught me how large organizations actually make decisions—which is to say, poorly and slowly—and gave me a healthy skepticism for theoretical frameworks that look elegant on slides but fall apart when you try to implement them in the real world.
What I Do Now
I currently run a small portfolio of businesses in the software and consulting space, and I write about what I'm learning along the way. My writing focuses on the practical challenges of building organizations that create value: strategy, decision-making, team dynamics, product development, and the psychological side of entrepreneurship. I'm particularly interested in the intersection of clear thinking and effective action—why it's so hard to both figure out what to do and actually do it.
Why This Site
This website is my public workspace—the place where I document thinking, share tools I find useful, and publish essays that might be helpful to other people building things. I believe in writing as a thinking tool: the act of trying to explain something clearly is one of the best ways to find out whether you actually understand it.
Get in Touch
The best way to reach me is through the contact form on this site. I don't respond to cold pitches or unsolicited business proposals, but I'm genuinely interested in connecting with other builders, thinkers, and people working on interesting problems.