Michelle recently shared how we passed $40m in all-time revenue at Squared Away. Check out her post on X. I wanted to share a few thoughts on how we got here, lessons learned, all of our financials, and my personal journey to get here.
To think we started this company
Last month, I made an offer to everyone at our company: $25,000 to quit.
6 people took it.
But, why?
Because I fucked up. I'm sharing the story to be open about what happened, why I did it, and maybe it can be helpful to others going
The following post is an excerpt from David Marquet's book "Leadership is Language." David was the captain of a nuclear submarine and one of my favorite leaders in the world. David asked me to share when we were launching our biggest project with Apple and how
7 years ago, I called my best friend Robert Stephens and asked him for advice. His response was not what I was looking for. He said,
Do you want my Advice or do you want my Validation?
I just sat there for a second. Doubting my actual intentions. Thinking. What
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Every once in a while, someone tells me something that completely changes the entire way I see the world. That's what happened to me after a conversation with Ted Klontz, one of the best psychologists
David Marquet, author of Turn the Ship Around, which is one of my favorite books on leadership, is writing a new book coming out soon called “Coach.”
It’s about how to coach yourself and the questions, tools, and playbooks that can help us all see what is hard to
A year ago, I wrote this internal memo to our team at XMTP Labs. It's something I think about a lot, and even as we've grown and come a long way since a year ago, I still think about this almost every day. Here's
Anyone in the world can now send free global payments with a private and secure text message. This is just the beginning of individuals having more control, privacy, and ownership over their assets, identity, and now communication.
I'm thrilled to announce that Coinbase Wallet is now part of
Richard Feynman once said that “you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.”
I shared this post recently as a screenshot on Twitter and I had 100s of people reach out and say it was something they were struggling with and the post really resonated
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As we roll into the holidays, I wanted to share 3 articles from over the
