What I Learned in the Room Where Everyone Built Something
Reflections on my time in YPO San Francisco — what peer leadership teaches founders that nothing else can, and why the relationships outlast the membership.
September 2026 · 9 min
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Essays on entrepreneurship, resilience, leadership, and second chances — from someone who has lived all four.
The Conversation You Can't Have With Your Board
Why the most important conversations in a founder's career can only happen between peers — and why boards, advisors, and coaches can't replace them.
September 2026 · 10 min
What Managing Home Building Taught Me About Systems
The construction site was my first operating system. Here's what it taught me about running anything.
July 2026 · 6 min
Fail Forward: A Framework, Not a Poster
Everyone quotes the principle. Here's how to actually practice it when things go wrong.
July 2026 · 8 min
Mentoring Reentry: What Coming Home Really Takes
What I learned helping people rebuild after incarceration — and what it taught me about my own.
July 2026 · 7 min
Notes from the Vineyard: On Patience
Some things only grow at their own pace. What the land is teaching me about building anything.
July 2026 · 5 min
The Turnaround Notebook: Rebuilding a Business, Weekly
Week-by-week lessons from the inside of an operational rebuild.
July 2026 · 6 min
Growth You Don't Govern Will Govern You
The hardest lesson of my career, and the one that changed everything else.
July 2026 · 9 min
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