Archive for the 'Life' Category

5 Steps of Entrepreneurial Growth

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I defined 5 steps in the entrepreneurial journey that I think most people go through. The distribution is a pyramid and only a small percentage of people make it through each stage.
(1) No Desire —intrinsic motivation suppressed (usually by the school system) (2) Desire to make an impact and be entrepreneurial, but uncertainty about how [...]

What I’m Working On

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Force For the Future— Force For the Future is a startup for startups working on creating new models and tools to enable entrepreneurs to more easily find what they need, collaborate, and share lessons learned. We’re working on creating a “post-accelerator” for the increasing number founders coming out of startup accelerators. Our pilot project, Founder’s [...]

Gap Year Update

Friday, January 8th, 2010

This fall I was lucky to be one of the 30 residents in the inaugural year of Palomar5. It was by far the most intense experience of my life, triggering a lot of personal and project growth. A lot has changed since, but the dots still make sense looking backward. The last few years I’ve [...]

What I’ve Been Up To At Palomar5

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Originally posted on the Sandbox Blog

This blog post is part 2 of the Sandbox Network ‘Palomar 5′ series: a six week innovation camp in Berlin from 9 October – 24 November 2009. To follow the progress of the conference, you can view the official Palomar 5 blog. Alternatively, if you are on twitter, follow hashtag [...]

My Post From The Sandbox Blog

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Me and my fellow Sandboxers and Palomar-ians Sagarika, Jyoti and Eddie wrote a post about our first week at Palomar5. Read the full post here. A few favorite quotes posted below.

The Palomar5 experience began with a warm welcome to a chilly Berlin at the Malzfabrik, a former giant brewery that is being transformed into a [...]

My Profile on the Palomar5 Blog…

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

From my profile on the Palomar5 Blog

‘I try to make what I do and what I am passionate about as close together as possible. I believe that should be one of everyone’s major goals in life. I think passion almost always manifests itself as a desire to change or improve something, whether it’s the entrepreneur [...]

Brief Life Update + Big News: I’m Headed To Germany For A 6 Week Innovation Camp

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

As you may have noticed the blog has been relatively quiet the month of September, but my life has been anything but. I have a lot I’d like share and look forward to writing some more comprehensive life updates and keeping in touch with everyone who has been in and out of my life. But [...]

Reflections On Finding My Passion And Early Steps In My Entrepreneurial Journey

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Most of this blog has been about broad intellectual topics, but if you’ll forgive some self-indulgence, I’m going to begin to share some more personal anecdotes. I just finished a post on passion and what I advocate for how to find it, and now I’m going to give you a small glimpse into some of the [...]

Video From My World Future Society Speech

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Long awaited, I finally have the video after wrangling with file format difficulties, technical workarounds and trips that left my time in front of the computer fragmented.
This is only my 2nd or 3rd public speech I’ve given, excluding participation on panels, but I hope to do more in the future. Unfortunately due to time constraints [...]

A Story From My Childhood & Lessons on Intrinsic Motivation

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

A story from my childhood on the importance of intrinsic motivation for learning.  On Sunday we had a family party at my house and invited many of the people who were important during the early years of my family. The occasion was a mix of both my parents 25th anniversary and my twin sister and [...]