Leaving Simple Energy

Categories life

I’ve handed in my notice at Simple Energy and will be exploring new professional opportunities (and let’s get real, I just got a new mountain bike — outdoor opportunities too) in the coming months.  Stay tuned!

Reputation and Credibility are Sacrosanct

Categories life
Late 2011, coming off the thrill of a fresh round of funding for our startup, we had made an offer to an engineer.   After months enduring the drudgeries of searching, interviewing, reference checking reputation after reputation, making an offer, and finally negotiating with the right candidate, we were finally finished.  We had an offer letter signed -- we finally found the the one.   The day Read the article >>

Good and Bad Form in Business

Categories life, startups
I screwed up during my job hunt in 2015. I backed out of a job offer I'd already accepted days earlier.  The timeline played out as follows: I rescinded the offer before I officially started, but the other party had already bought me a laptop, told his team about me, and told his board about me.  Maybe not such a big deal if you join a BigCo, but at a 6 person startup, I definitely left the Read the article >>

Optimizing for Minimal Deathbed Regret

Categories life
I announced  yesterday that I'm leaving my startup. Have you ever spent several years working towards something larger than yourself?  This was my first time doing that. In college, you have projects that last for a few weeks.  Maybe a semester.   This one lasted me 5 years.  You know the difference between a 5-week project and a 5-year project? If you're lucky, if you really care, and if Read the article >>

The Art of Non-Reaction

Categories life, mind, technology
Tweet.  Text.  E-Mail. Instant Message. Ring.  Buzz.  Growl.  Chime. By the time you are done reading this post, you've likely received multiple requests for your attention.  Perhaps they came in the form of notifications on a shiny new Apple device.  Or maybe they were interruptions from your office environment around you.   If you are not in your office on your Apple device, perhaps Read the article >>