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3 Lessons From My First “Summit Series at Sea”

Interesting conversations I had on engineering, parenting, and sexuality

May 30 •

🤖 I Built a Customizable Chat-GPT Bot. Here’s How to Build Your Own (with screenshots)

A step-by-step guide to building an AI chatbot

May 16 •

How Chess Taught Me Everything I Know About Growth in Entrepreneurship

Lessons from my 18-year chess career

May 9 •

3 Engineering Mistakes That Kill Startups

From perfectionism to building features in the wrong order, avoid these common missteps that can derail your startup

May 2 •

April 2023

🇯🇵 How My First Trip to Japan Changed My Perspective On…Pretty Much Everything

Perhaps the American way is not the only way

Apr 25 •

How a Photoshoot at Peter Hurley’s Studio Left Me With a New Understanding of My Appearance

Your facial expression matters more than you think.

Apr 11 •

The Robots are Coming. Is Chat-GPT Replacing You as a Software Engineer?

No. But understanding system design will be more important than ever before.

Apr 4 •

March 2023

Stop Building Startups. Start Consulting Instead.

Independent consulting businesses are underrated. Here's how to get started with yours.

Mar 28 •

Everything I Know About Business I Stole from the San Francisco 49’ers

Reflections from the book "The Score Takes Care of Itself"

Mar 21 •

My Review of Daniel Vassallo’s Class "A Portfolio of Small Bets"

And why you shouldn't go all-in on a startup

Mar 14 •

Everyone Should Start a Newsletter. Yes, That Means You!

Lessons from growing this newsletter to 3,000 subscribers

Mar 7 •

February 2023

Is a Lack of Distribution Channels Stunting Your Business Growth?

Product-Market Fit is Overrated. Focus on Product-Channel Fit Instead.

Feb 28 •

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