Oct
10
Finding My Path
Since my last day of full time work at CircleUp, I
* Explored building a talent marketplace focused on remote Executives.
3 min read
Latest
Sep
26
Countervailing forces
The beauty and benefit of reading widely.
2 min read
Sep
23
Recent Reading - Fall 2022
Some notes on recent reading. Recommendations always welcome.
Fiction
* The Boys - I loved this book. First book I read
2 min read
Sep
16
The Patagonia Model
We now have a model, a very public model, for how the value created by establishing a wonderfully productive brand and company can be distributed to a cause rather than a person
3 min read
Sep
12
The Boys by Katie Hafner
What art will emerge from the Pandemic? For two years, all of humanity felt changed routines, greater uncertainty and increased
1 min read
Aug
30
Why do we Educate?
'The purpose of education is to learn to die satiated with life.'
17 min read
Jul
15
Recent Reading - Summer 2022
Some notes on recent reading. Recommendations always welcome.
How Rights Went Wrong: My favorite book of 2022 so far. Jamal
2 min read
Jul
11
Can Purpose Driven Companies Keep Their Commitments Through an Exit?
Values are expensive. If we want companies to pay employees more, internalize environmental externalities, and support local communities, the incremental costs will come from shareholder returns.
6 min read
Jul
05
What is Crypto for anyway?
What is the case for Crypto?
6 min read
Jun
22
Why did Clif Bar sell?
We must chart a better path. The next stage conscious capitalism is to provide leaders like Gary and Kit with a sufficiently well defined, well financed and well structured alternatives that allow leaders to align values over time.
6 min read