My eldest daughter started Kindergarten today. Laura is an exceedingly bright child who couldn’t be more excited about going to school. She is a fast study, has a strong memory and makes friends easily. I think she will do well both academically and socially. This past year, my wife and I have made a number [...]
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Taking Responsibility
September 6, 2011Building a Mobile Device Lab
August 3, 2011A lot happens in a week on vacation. The US government stays in business, Apple is apparently sucking up all the smartphone profits, and I joined the Board of Directors at Mobile Portland! What’s Mobile Portland? From the site: “Mobile Portland is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, promoting and supporting the mobile technology community [...]
The Art of the Move
July 19, 2011It has been a crazy couple of months for me personally. We decided it was time to move. We had been in the previous house for 12 years and with my oldest daughter starting school this year and me doing more work in Portland, we decided the time was right. We put the house on [...]
Right Message, Right Time
May 20, 2011Some times the right message comes across at exactly the right time. There have been many occasions over the years where I have been struggling with an issue or an approach, whether business or personal, and suddenly I will read something or watch something or the right person will call. Twice this week this has [...]
The Entrepreneurial Life
March 1, 2011Mark Suster wrote a post a few weeks ago on what it means to be a start-up entrepreneur. Mark has done both. He started companies and now is a VC so has a unique perspective from both sides of the table. With this article he did a tremendous job of outlining both “On Being an [...]
