When I was 21 I remember feeling ahead for my age. But when I was 19 I felt woefully behind. I felt so behind that I dropped out of college and got a job working in China. When I tell people my age now, I often still get looks of...
Welcome to the seventh issue of Wayfinder. Wayfinder is about learning to navigate life’s toughest decisions. The choices that keep you awake at night. The decisions that have you second-guessing yourself. The moments when the stakes are high and the path isn’t clear. Wayfinder is designed to guide...
In the 1920s, every bowling alley hired young boys to reset the pins and return balls while people were playing. Bowling was becoming incredibly popular, but in order for people to keep playing, someone had to be down at the end of the lane risking their shins and fingers to...
Welcome to the sixth issue of Wayfinder. Wayfinder is about learning to navigate life’s toughest decisions. The choices that keep you awake at night. The decisions that have you second-guessing yourself. The moments when the stakes are high and the path isn’t clear. Wayfinder is designed to guide...
There’s a disconnect when successful people say the secret to success is simply "working hard". The audience always scoffs. It sounds disingenuous, banal and unhelpful. Partly because not everyone who is successful worked hard to get there. But also because most people have no idea what hard...
I'm borrowing a great framework from @dvassallo: "Become a VC for your own ideas. Treat your ideas like cattle, not like pets." 🤯 Here's what it means for me: In venture capital, the aim of the game is to build a fund that invests in...
