👋Howdy. I’m Cam.
I build entrepreneurship and AI education programs around the world through my company Actionworks.
In 2026, I’ll run programs and projects in Austin, Round Rock (Texas), South Africa, and Brunei.
This site has writing and other projects. My work site takes itself more seriously.
Ventures
Actionworks: Education company that builds entrepreneurship and innovation programs for the U.S. Department of State, Intel, the University of Texas, and dozens more. Building with AI since 2019.
The Westerner’s Guide to Chinese Entrepreneurship: China knows about us, but we are ignorant about China. I want to understand (and share) China’s approaches to startups and business.
Minimum Viable Video: Cohort-based course on creating videos to get customers, connections, and capital.
(Previously) 3 Day Startup: 10-year CEO journey scaling an entrepreneurship bootcamp to 50 countries.
Personal
- My fiancé and I split our time between Austin, TX and Savannah, GA
- Interests: LLMs, Formula 1, Mexican food, Alvvays, Nolan films, Donald Hoffman’s theory of reality, Longhorn football
- I’m 6 years deep into writing a from-the-trenches newsletter of stories and tips on entrepreneurship, AI, and video
- I’ve had a hell of a lot easier time building companies than figuring out vulnerability; that came with Personal Boards of Directors
I manage a mysterious health condition—maybe you’ll be the one to diagnose it?RESOLVED!
Contact
DM me on X or email me at my name at actionworks dot co (not dot com).
Blog
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Why Build When Everything Keeps Breaking?
I was flying through traffic riding shotgun with one of my students. His father was a high-ranking officer in the Colombian military, which meant he drove an official military vehicle. It had lights, the kind that flash blue and tell everyone on the road to clear a path. They exist for emergencies. His emergency was getting us to lunch through rush hour traffic. So we ran the lights, weaving past everyone obeying the rules.
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The gentlest threat I ever received
A man I was about to go into business with pulled me aside to explain how he was going to cheat me. He said it calmly, without any visible discomfort, the way you’d explain a change to a dinner reservation.
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Connection Happens in the Kitchen
I spend a lot of time thinking about what holds its value as AI pervades everything. The list is short. Near the top are the people who’d pick up the phone if you called. This is a piece about how to stumble on those people, which turns out not to be the way you’d expect.
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Postcards from Brunei
I just got back from Brunei, where I spent a week running an AI-focused entrepreneurship program. This was my first time in Southeast Asia, so I was going in blind. What I got was a week of wonderfully spicy food, genuinely warm people, and a country full of surprises. If I get the chance to return (and […]
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The $100M Business Where No One Can Work
My friend manages intellectual property for a British semiconductor company. He’s the “China guy”—handles the accounts there, flies out to Shenzhen three to four times a year. He’s been making the trip for the last three years. One day, he was visiting a customer and immediately sensed that something was off.
