COVID-19 changed everyone’s world, for better and for worse. As much as I’ve usually met obstacles in life with an attitude of hustling harder and hacking deeper, there are limits to this approach. In 2020, the limits of this approach would lead to the unraveling of the business that I…

One of the primary tenets of startups is to do things that don’t scale. In the beginning, there are many benefits of this approach. For one, the company doesn’t want to prematurely build software before it has found product/market fit and throw away software built on incorrect assumptions. Additionally, stepping…

As someone who attended Stanford University and who’s tech startup participated in Y Combinator, I developed a strong bias in my 20’s towards moving fast, making quick decisions, and asking for forgiveness rather than permission. This mindset, while helpful for those who err towards indecision, extreme caution, or even inaction…

If you asked me where home is, I honestly don’t have an answer. We moved every two years during my childhood which meant different houses, different schools, different friends, and feeling like life was constantly starting over. Moving from one small town to the next in the rural midwest in…

It is widely understood that one of the best paths towards creating, growing, and maintaining wealth is through real estate. Quite frankly, it’s easy to see why. Buildings are what keep people and their possessions safe from the whims of nature and they take time and energy to build and…