Endings are hard for me. Always have been. Especially when I feel like there is so much left in the tank. This summer was hands down the best summer of my life. Music people are a little odd but they are my tribe and I am one of them and…

The global pandemic produced some amazing works and honestly, music got me through the year. Here are my favorites from 2020. Shape & Destroy by Ruston Kelly Shape & Destroy, released on August 28, 2020, is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Ruston Kelly and it’s a doozy. Musical transcendence is a rare thing…

I’ve seen a lot of Counting Crows concerts and someone recently asked me for my #1. Tough to pick just one! But I did make a list of my top 50 😀 | Date | City | State | Venue | | Jul 17, 1994 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 2nd…

We just wrapped up our 16th Sprint Week at High Alpha. We shut down our office, split into cross-functional teams, and work throughout the week to produce a business (or four). At the end of the week, it’s incredible to look back on how much work has been done. …

Dawes, Passwords

Dressed in Red, I checked off one of my long-running bucket list items last night by attending my first basketball game at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium. Unfortunately, my alma mater (Indiana University) didn’t fare too well, but that didn’t diminish from the experience. Duke is an impressive school, built up…

One of the big headlines recently has been about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Elizabeth was considered an upstart and high achieving female leader until she fell into some trouble with her investors, customers and eventually the SEC. For all of her incredible accomplishments, she was unable to deliver the product…

One of the major responsibilities I have at High Alpha is to coach many of our first time CEOs and help them achieve success with their new businesses. As a former founder, it’s easy for me to relive some of my own experiences to understand and have context for how…

Do you need a strong technical advantage to accelerate your go-to-market or does a strong go-to-market accelerate technology development? There’s no debate that both are necessary for any strong business, but many companies, I’ve noticed, have started from one direction and moved towards a balance as they have grown. …