My journey through Silicon Valley has come to an end. Now, I relive it for you, including full details of some harrowing experiences I haven’t yet shared publicly, and explain what’s next. The Beginning In August, 1999, a few months after I graduated from high school and having just turned 18, I packed my car full of [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2009
Since I sold my business in September 2007, I have been on a journey to define who I am. A significant portion of this journey has been trying things that work for other people and seeing if those things work for me. Think of it like trying on new outfits. Some are so crazy that [...]
Continue reading...6. January 2009
This recession — our generation’s Great Depression — will profoundly transform the way we live, think, and work. I’d like to encapsulate four of the effects of this recession I think we’ll see over our lifetimes. Whether you agree or disagree, please write your own blog post (and link back to this one) or comment here [...]
Continue reading...31. October 2008
This blog post is raw, unedited, and from my heart. I’m at the Train the Trainer workshop in Los Angeles, CA. The goal of this 5-day workshop is to train you on how to speak in front of an audience…from specific ways of handling questions to actually getting up there on stage and speaking. Tonight was “Outrageous [...]
Continue reading...13. October 2008
In May 2007, at the I Can Do It conference, I had a defining moment that changed my life. I had come to I Can Do It with my mother that year. I was driven to come to the conference because I had known since I was quite young that I was destined to become a [...]
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2. June 2009
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