A letter to my daughter in response to her struggling on a Math test yesterday. Dear Daughter — I know you think failure is bad, but let me tell you a little secret. We all fail, a lot. If you don’t believe me… I have tried to release several products…

Why everyone is talking about NFTs and what they mean to you. — Everything involving investing and money seems to at best upside down, if not down-right scrambled. For a while, I envied art collectors because at least their world was pretty static. I often day-dream of going back and loading up on old baseball and football cards. Not anymore. Thanks to something…

You cannot blame the fisherman for not bringing you fish. — I am currently living in the Houston, TX region and if you have been following the news, you likely can see what a debacle this week has been for the Texas region. As of writing this article, the power companies have made significant progress overnight and most Houston area homes…

A business owner is like trying to catch a butterfly in a dark room full of mosquitos…naked…using a net with a hole in it. You swing and you swing and you miss. You get bitten a bunch, in places that you shouldn’t. You will be full of bites and anytime…

Technology stocks have experienced record growth in 2020 and two of my best investments (Amazon, AMZN, and Jumia, JMIA) have been excellent investments in the last 12 months (Jumia is up 400%+ in the last 12 months alone). If you were in Tesla early (I wasn’t), you saw an even…

It’s always good to follow successful people, no matter how you define success. Success leaves clues and if you dig enough, you can use those clues to help you along the way. It’s not about following someone else’s journey or being someone else, it’s about borrowing their compass or hiking…

From her book entitled For Small Creatures Such as We, the daughter of the famed astronomer and author Carl Sagan leaves us with a few lessons that would make her father proud. — It’s hard to overstate what Carl Sagan did for science. His individual contributions would have surely made for a successful career, but it’s the legacy he left behind that truly makes him unique and a gift to not only the science community but to anyone curious about the wonders of…

2020 for me is going to be a heavy learning year for me, in so many parts of my life. In the early part of the year, I’ve dedicated myself to reading some non-fiction books directly aimed at some areas I would like to grow. Here are the first half…

Simple questions to ask that can help you avoid a costly mistake in choosing the wrong type of solution for your current project. Is the way you run your business different than most others in your industry? This question is the #1 factor in determining whether or not you should use custom software. If your business is very cookie cutter (one of a thousand…