👋Howdy. I’m Cam.
Organizations hire my company to help their founders and teams win more customers, capital, and connections.
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.
Minimum Viable Video: Cohort-based course on creating videos to get customers, connections, and capital.
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.
(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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Beware Filter Bubbles
A story about getting manipulated by the internet on the other side of the world.
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Tune Your Linkedin Profile To Create Opportunities
The exercise I ran involved 140 people and a projector with a giant screen. But you don’t need any of that. You can do this with three friends on Zoom.
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“If You Are Here, Who Is Driving The Ship?”
What it’s like to be responsible for 7,000 souls: Business lessons from an interview with the captain of a Carnival cruise ship.
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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.
