You cannot reason someone out of a position they were not reasoned into
Jonathan Swift
Sean Shadmand
Think, Ask, Love, Laugh.
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La folie de Dieu, c’est la vie.
You can’t build a vision
Great visionaries know better than to try. Founders are encouraged to think bigger, dream bigger, and change the world. Investors ask about the ten-year roadmap before the company has ten customers. Every pitch deck ends with an enormous market and an even larger ambition. Ironically, none of history’s great companies were built by executing their … Continue reading You can’t build a vision
What You Won’t Do Defines You
We often define ourselves by what we strive to build, the markets we want to enter, the customers we want to serve, and the visions we want to pursue. These are of course necessary, but they are not defining. The deeper source of identity is not what an organization chooses to do. It is what … Continue reading What You Won’t Do Defines You
Ideation without execution is delusion
– Robin Sharma
Keep It Right-But-Light
A clearer standard for building well Most builders have inherited a bad vocabulary for early product work. We tell people to build an MVP, but the phrase has become so overused that it often clarifies less than it confuses. Some people hear “minimum” and interpret it as permission to ship something brittle, awkward, or barely … Continue reading Keep It Right-But-Light
Can You, Did You, and Taste
The journey from idea to beloved product involves three stages: capability, execution, and taste. Capability assesses feasibility, while execution transforms ideas into reality. However, mere functionality doesn't ensure success; understanding taste—how consumers emotionally connect with products—determines a product's significance and legacy in the market.
Mountain West road trip 2026
Jackie and I have wanted to see Wyoming and Montana for a long time. As the saying goes, people often travel across the world while overlooking what is right in their own backyard. For us, this was finally the trip to change that. Our goal was to see Jackson Hole, Big Sky, and Bozeman, with … Continue reading Mountain West road trip 2026
“What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then.”
ts Elliot- – the cocktail party
“art’s true value lies in its ability to not only survive times of change, but to actively drive and lead that change”
Robert Redford