Six years ago, I moved to Nashville from San Francisco. I have great friends in SF, and I met great friends in Nashville. What struck me is how such great people could be so divided, especially when it came to politics.
So for 6 years, I just listened and took
I sent a note to our team earlier today about how, in an AI-native world, your job is not to do the work—it’s to ensure the work is great.
Team,
I’ve been thinking a lot about Tobi’s note that was shared in #tool-ai — I tweeted about
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
Reply and say hi, it's always great to hear from you.
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
