👋Howdy. I’m Cam.
I’m obsessed with entrepreneurship and AI education; I put my ideas into practice through Actionworks.
In 2026, we’ll run an accelerator program in Round Rock (Texas), an agents-for-entrepreneurs sprint in Mexico, and an AI bootcamp in Brunei.
This site has writing and other projects.
Ventures
Actionworks: Education company that builds entrepreneurship and AI enablement 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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What To Do When Someone Calls You a Copycat
Amsterdam. April, 2011. I was having such a great day. Woke up to the sounds of birds chirping. Walked past bike racks and cute canal bridges to a eurocoffee and a europastry, enjoying the hell out of it in the way that only a walkable-city-starved American can. I was on my way to the venue…
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You Already Have The Answer
The box-candle problem is not only a test of creativity but also an example of functional fixedness: our tendency to see objects as functioning only in their usual or customary way.
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Western Art in Denver
Lately I’ve been offering to tag along on people’s speaking gigs and work trips as a way to spark more serendipity in my life. Which is how I found myself in Denver last weekend. The top of the staircase led us to a gaggle of women in floor-length sequined dresses and cowboy hats. Big smiles shined…
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How To Shoot Your Shot With an Important Person
It’s 2009 at a party during the SXSW tech conference in Austin. Tim Ferriss, author and angel investor riding high off of the success of the Four Hour Work Week, is in conversation with a conference attendee in the middle of the venue. I am a bright-eyed first-time founder with puppy dog energy, desperate for…
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The first thing your customers see
I spent a week in Boston working with founders at Intel’s Ignite program, a corporate accelerator that helps deep tech startups find product/market fit and sell to enterprise. My role was to help these founders attract more customers and investors through video. I wrote this so people not in Intel’s program could benefit from what…
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How I Go From Idea to Filming
A write up of my low effort, no scriptwriting, no memorization workflow for how I generate ideas and get them to where I’m ready to talk about them on camera.