when I was 12 years old I got a Playstation 2. at some point it stopped working or i was bored, so i took it apart. as I unscrewed the…
The Practitioner Defense
Deep Work
i hate all my friends, i miss the days when i pretended with you. –Patrick Stump last month i read Cal Newport’s Deep Work and it confirmed a few things: we…
On Ambition
several well-intentioned founder friends have warned me with some version of “Ryan, you need to raise money or else XYZ competitor will beat you.” this is a reasonable concern; here are…
I’m in the Flower Business
this month my fund acquired Lobiloo, a software platform that helps florists visualize estimates and quotes for their clients. i met the original founder Emily through FE International, an excellent M&A firm that…
the best post ever written on learning to code
prologue in case we haven’t met: i’m a marketer, musician, and developer in New York City. i grew up outside Atlanta, attended public schools, scored bad grades, was rejected by…