99% of startup founders shouldn’t be startup founders. As an investor, I’ve listened to hundreds and hundreds of startup pitches. I’ve also played an active role...

Entrepreneurship is anchored in creativity. The best entrepreneurs see solutions to problems that haven’t been thought of before. They don’t just notice what something “is,” but...

I have always been a hard worker. Some might call me a high achiever. Others might describe me as an “overdoer.” I spent the first several...

Creativity within big companies is one part vision and two parts sales. This is what makes working within a large enterprise very different compared to working...

I have been drawing and designing things since I was a little kid. I started designing cars and boats when I was eight years old. I...

When we feel off, it’s often because something is out of alignment. It sounds simple (and it is), but what’s simple in life is also complicated....

Despite 2020 being a challenging year, startup funding was hot as ever. According to Crunchbase’s end of the year report, “Startups closed out 2020 in a...

Being a leader, whether you lead a project or run a global organization, is mostly about getting people to work together to achieve a goal. One...

Becoming a “unicorn” in the startup world is the ultimate achievement. The term defines a company that reaches a billion-dollar valuation or more. Uber was a...

Ask anyone who has been spending time on Clubhouse what they think of the social-audio platform and you’ll hear a range of responses: “I have never...

Our careers are very rarely linear. With corporate jobs, laid out neatly in org charts that show layers of management and increasingly ‘senior’ titles, it may...

Remote work had been slowly gaining acceptance for years. But the pandemic has brought about incredible change in the adoption of remote work. It is no...

Formal education didn’t prepare me for the real world. In high school, I attended a very prestigious prep school in San Francisco, called San Francisco University...

At the moment, I’m feeling overwhelmed, torn in many different directions, and it occurs to me that I need to implement more discipline in my life....

Every year, I listen to hundreds of startup pitches. Many of the pitches I hear are from very early-stage companies—the majority of which are pre-launch or...

Perfectionism kills innovation. I see this happen with all kinds of professionals who embrace perfectionism. They go dark. They take their work, close themselves off, and...

As a venture capitalist constantly juggling a handful of projects, I have to be very deliberate with how I spend my time. I have to really...

Every organization has a different leadership culture. And every team, within each department, needs a different leadership style. After spending more than two decades working at technology...

The last thing I thought I needed in my life was another social media platform. But I must admit, Clubhouse is the most exciting platform I’ve...

One of the most important things you can do for yourself as an entrepreneur is learn how to step away. Every year, I make it a...