People-First Capitalism
Airbnb’s Playbook for Flourishing Amid Crisis
A Foreword for Disruptors
Knowing my background in philosophy, Brad Feld and Dave Jilk recently invited me to contribute a foreword for their new book, The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors. It’s now available andI highly recommend it; click here to get your copy. Here’s the foreword I wrote for it. Nietzsche is a troubling and troublesome philosopher. In different decades…
Game On
How Strategy Games Teach Valuable Business Skills
Protecting Voting Rights: Good for America, Good for American Business
“A government of the people, by the people. A beautifully American ideal, but a reality denied to many for much of this nation’s history. As Americans, we know that in our democracy we should not expect to agree on everything. However, regardless of our political affiliations we believe the very foundation of our electoral process…
How to Decide
How to Make Better Decisions, Faster
Spiderman Ethics
Tech’s impact, influence and responsibility to society
Leadership and CEO Succession
Lessons from Jeff Bezos
Go Anywhere, Get Anything
Uber’s Future in Mobility and Delivery
Joby Aviation is turning science fiction into science fact
When it comes to safe, clean, super-convenient and technologically amazing transportation options, why should the sky be the limit? Founded in 2009 by JoeBen Bevert, Joby Aviation has been working under the radar at a base in Santa Cruz, California to develop an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The latest version of zero-emissions aircraft, which…
Suneel Gupta’s “Backable” shows how to get others to invest in you and your life
Attracting investment is such a fundamental part of entrepreneurship that it’s easy to think about it with less nuance than one should. After all, the job of investors is to invest. And their incentive to do so is clear – they’re looking for a big financial return on their investment. So what’s to over-think? If…
Join the Beta for the Masters of Scale Courses app
For the past four years that I’ve been hosting Masters of Scale, I’ve had the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs across many industries and from many walks of life. Their stories and insights have helped me change and broaden my own thinking in so many ways. But what these conversations also made me realize is that for…
Building a Great Startup Board Pt. 2
Selecting for success
Building a Great Startup Board: Pt 1
How to create the supporting team you need
#AMA with :20 Min VC
Reid Hoffman in Conversation with Harry Stebbings
Entrepreneurship and Loneliness
Finding connection when you feel alone