Latest posts
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21 Ways to Get the Most Out of a Conference
Recently, I led two projects—one for the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at UT-Austin and the other for the UK Department of Investment & Trade—on how to get the most out of a conference. Their teams found these tactics useful, I’m betting you will too.
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AI vs the cursed HVAC
How a regular person used ChatGPT to solve a decade-long problem with her house.
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Why I’m Going Deep on Chinese Entrepreneurship in 2026
The first time China really showed up on my radar was ten years ago when I read The Three-Body Problem—Liu Cixin’s sci-fi epic. I was stunned by its breadth and scope; the story spans millennia and puts China in the middle of a plot to unite every country in the world to defeat alien invaders […]
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How an Ice Cream Founder Stumbled on a Sales Machine
During the pandemic, Matt Sorensen’s kid asked him if he knew how to make ice cream. “I sure don’t, buddy,” he said. The kid went back to his toys. An hour later, he came back to his dad and said, “Dad, I want to make some ice cream.” At that point, it became obvious—it’s time to make some ice cream.
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Things You Don’t Know You Don’t Know
The worst concert I’ve ever been to in my life was my own. Sophomore year of high school. A talent show was happening at my school, which was a big deal. I’d been obsessed with guitar since I was twelve. It was everything. My identity was already built around this and I was sure I […]
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Jaws in Space
I love how insane this story is. The confidence to throw a hail mary, putting on a mini-performance, a heat-seeking missile targeting the reward centers of the studio exec brain.