Oct 25, 2021Member-onlyTaking Apart a HouseWe arrived in the snow to take apart a house. She had lived there and one other home for her entire adult life, seventy some odd years, and in that time had gathered many, many things: Books, china, glassware, trinkets of all sizes, thousands of pictures. We came to cast…Memoir6 min readMemoir6 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 3, 2021Member-onlyA Year in the Blast FurnaceShe stepped away from the front door, locked it, and turned towards the car. Her family waited, bags packed. She looked over her shoulder to the mail slot. She paused and wondered, “When will I be back?” They wanted to head east, the consequence of the ancient longing for home…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Nov 10, 2020Member-onlyCitizens and Friends — A 2020 Veterans Day Message11.10.20 I have arrived again at my yearly day of renewal. For many years, I have written on this day about the meaning I extract from November 10th, the Marine Corps Birthday, and tomorrow, Veterans Day. I feel particularly in need to reflect upon these dates during this year, 2020…Veterans4 min readVeterans4 min read
Oct 16, 2020Member-onlyWhy Teachers Make Great EntrepreneursThe best teachers I knew were entrepreneurs. No, not in the sense of leaving the classroom to start a business and somehow becoming wildly financially successful. Sure, you can find those examples published in all sorts of media. …Entrepreneurship3 min readEntrepreneurship3 min read
Published in The Startup·Oct 2, 2020Member-onlyDuty, Words, and the Presidential DebateIn 1992, I voted for the first time in a presidential election. I remember vividly the pride, the responsibility, in fact the joy filling in the circle next to the name of my chosen candidate, a feeling similar to the one the year before when I signed my selective service…Leadership4 min readLeadership4 min read
May 28, 2020Member-onlyThe OysterA poem for my daughter on her 13th birthday.Nature1 min readNature1 min read
Published in The Startup·May 4, 20204 Reasons It’s Never Been a Better Time to be a Start-upThere has never been a better time to be a start-up. Amidst this shut-downs, fear, uncertainty of businesses opening their doors, people stuck at home and unemployed, how is this even possible? Four reasons: #1. Disruptors and Dinosaurs playing the same game For many years, disruption and innovation have been hot topics in business, education, and health. I’ve…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Published in The Startup·Apr 15, 2020Where Do We Go From Here?Two years ago, our basement flooded three times. Typically, even big, dousing rainstorms cannot cause this problem even once, but this particular year, we had several weeks of rain intermittently in just over two months. …Inspiration4 min readInspiration4 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 17, 2020Life, Work, and COVID19The thing was to do your job as it should be done. — Albert Camus, The Plague We all now live in a different world. Steadily, over a few weeks, the news has become more severe, more terrifying. What we once thought certain now seems mere mist. At these times…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 4, 2020Member-onlyWhat’s Your Professional Worldview? A Tale of Two PartnersHere’s a question for you today: Do you see the world in which you inhabit as one of scarcity or one of abundance? Last year, I delivered a pitch to two organizations about a project that would effectively improve the exact same service they delivered to their customers. These mission…Professional Development4 min readProfessional Development4 min read
