Lately I’ve been engrossing in a steady stream of thinking.  Thinking about things my young daughter and I should do when we’re together.  Thinking about writing more.  Thinking about going places.  And while planning and thinking have their place, there comes a point, usually long before I do it, where the thinking needs to stop [...]

People think I’m a workaholic.  I’m generally involved in 3 or 4 projects at any given time.  I set milestones and push myself to do more.  I was a good student, and I translated that into a career in video games and project management.  Now I’m raising a little girl full-time and working part-time.  Workaholic, [...]

“We’re letting you go.” There is perhaps not a more depressing and frightening phrase.  Losing a job also means the loss of stability – financial and emotional.  Where will the money come from?  What will come of my career?  Doubts on your ability to succeed emerge.  Maybe you’re not good enough at what you do. [...]

I started teaching an entrepreneurship class at the University of Oregon a few weeks ago, and I have to say, it’s been a real treat for me.  I’ve always wanted to teach at the collegiate level, and I couldn’t ask for a better group of students.  I have a class full of fantastic start-up ideas [...]

Related to last week’s post on taking time to learn, it’s important to get out of your comfort zone and do new things once in a while.  My “new thing” for the next few months will be teaching an entrepreneurship class at the University of Oregon.  The ups and downs so far: Ups Meeting lots [...]

In your busy worklife, you probably feel like you’re barely keeping up.  There’s always another job to do, another project that needs to be researched and completed.  With all that running around, who has time for continuous learning? The answer: You do. (Photo by moriza)

New human life is amazing.  If you’ve been blessed to watch a newborn grow from a barely functioning lump to a fully walking/talking little person, you know what I mean.  Things we take for granted – blinking, digesting food, grabbing an object – are things that my baby girl has mastered over her first year [...]

Entrepreneurs pride themselves on being scrappy, able to change on a moment’s notice.  When you work with a small core group of people (and the competition is huge), this is an obvious advantage: you can iterate faster and there’s less red tape to cut through to get stuff done. Having been through several start-ups myself, [...]

I just finished reading Steve Jobs’ biography, and man, what a page turner.  Having worked at several start-ups, it was amazing to see that some problems we faced, Apple did too in its early days: disorganization, growing pains, and defining company identity.  It was also gripping knowing what I know now – that Steve Jobs [...]