Like most good ideas, it seems incredibly obvious … but only after it’s been perfectly executed.  Before then it’s easy to criticize, even attack. This week, during one of my Harvard Business School Foundry program lectures, a noted venture capitalist — wearing the traditional fleece v...

I admit that I was tempted for a moment. Yet, since it felt a little disloyal, I sailed right past the opportunity. Last Friday, after leaving a small funeral service for one of my mother’s friends, I stopped by the library to pick up a few books I had on reserve. Since it was directly on the...

Sometimes, a road trip is necessary. Or at least it simply feels that way. It certainly did for me this week and, even though it often feels like I’m chained to my laptop, I set off with Vlad and my mother through the backroads of Connecticut in search of yet another rare book, one I suddenly fe...

I’ve found it exceedingly rare in real life that I ever get so straightforward an apology. To set the context: Although September will always be “Back to School” month for me — and I’m launching my own new course HERE — I finished 99% of my Harvard Business School Foundry Bootcamp coursework in ...

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