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.
Minimum Viable Video: Cohort-based course that teaching how to make videos to get customers and create opportunities.
Coaching: I help founders, engineers, and tech workers become more successful around video and business.
(Previously) 3 Day Startup: 10-year CEO journey scaling an entrepreneurship bootcamp to 50 countries.
Personal
- My fiancé and I (and her ridiculous cats) split our time between Austin, TX and Savannah, GA
- Interests: Formula 1, Mexican food, Alvvays, Nolan films, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman’s theory of reality, Longhorn football
- I’m 4 years deep into writing a from-the-trenches newsletter of stories and tips on video, entrepreneurship, and shooting your shot
- 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 Twitter or email me at my name at actionworks dot co (not dot com).
Blog
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What would life be like if rejection didn’t hurt?
After a big win, I am basking in a specific emotional state not unlike Mario when he eats a star. It’s a cocktail of joy, optimism, confidence, and forward momentum. This feeling is rare. I don’t want to squander it.
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A Review of Buildspace’s Nights and Weekends Program
TL;DR: If you want to bring an idea into the world, you should do this program…with a few caveats. Thanks to Buildspace, I found myself in the running for $100,000 last week. I was one of 16 people—whittled down from 7,500—who had a shot. I didn’t win it. But it doesn’t matter. My ROI from […]
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Beating Perfectionism Means Striving For Collisions, Not Beauty
Tuning forks produce ethereal, harmonically pure musical tones. Musicians use them to tune their instruments. The crystal clear, frequency-perfect note vibration is a precursor to a violinist or cellist producing a dazzling piece of music. But what comes before that gorgeous, sustained ringing of the tuning fork? A big, dumb collision. A gesture devoid of […]
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Be Careful What You Carry
I was sitting on the trunk of my beat up Honda in a nondescript apartment complex parking spot. Waiting for my bass player Monty to hop in my car so we could drive to practice. My amplifier was in the backseat poking out of the open window. The scene was an accurate depiction of life […]
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The Beautiful Game
I remember two things from my first trip to Argentina. The first is that I ate steak for lunch and dinner for eight days in a row. The second is the story of my first proper Latin American soccer experience. This is that story.
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Seeing is Believing? Not According to Donald Hoffman.
Consider the light blue folder on your computer desktop. You drag that folder to the trash bin icon at the bottom right of your screen. Your MacBook emits the familiar, satisfying sound of paper getting scrunched into a ball. That folder is now deleted and hard drive space has freed up. Inside of your computer, […]