Catalytic Businessman. Tahoe-raised Ivy-Leaguer. Self-confessed finance nerd & tech-geek. Outdoor action sports addict. Basketball coach. Engineer & MBA…

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Life to me is not a zero-sum game – both of us can win. My business goals are profitability, sustainability and growth through empowering the people who surround me, challenging the status quo, and relentlessly pursuing success. Personally I also push for finding my answers to life’s biggest questions. Here I share my meditations, lessons learned and musings around success in business, innovation, tech, private equity, consciousness, space-time, physics, the great outdoors and my time in Tahoe, Reno, Austin, New York,… [read more]


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  • Turns Out the World is F’d Up – Time to Opt-In & Act

    Turns Out the World is F’d Up – Time to Opt-In & Act

    The world is going to sh*t isn’t it? … if we believe it, it will become so. We now live in an opt-in filtered world. Tribes are self-selected, no longer limited to geography and religion. We follow and interact with like-minded individuals at work and on social media, and in turn they shape our reality…

  • M&A Lingo for CEO’s – 15 MUST-know Terms

    M&A Lingo for CEO’s – 15 MUST-know Terms

    If you own or run a private business, chances are Private Equity firms are knocking on your door. But if you aren’t prepared for the unique language of private equity and M&A, conversations will leave you lost-in-translation, or worse, left in the dust by your PE-backed competitors. To stay ahead of the game, every business…

  • In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits

    In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits

    Amazing that looking back on my post comments about creating a Private Equity Non-Profit Fund, I also found this article from 2012. Definitely interesting: Reblogged from DealBook: When the W. K. Kellogg Foundation set aside $100 million in 2007 to invest in companies that could produce both social and financial benefits, it was considered revolutionary.…