You’ve heard the term “mid-life crisis.” It’s that time in every person’s life when they wake up one morning, their dog licking their toes at the...

Everybody wants to be successful in some way, shape, or form. The trouble is, most people want to be seen or known as successful–more than they want to break the...

When people see what I’ve built for myself as a writer, they think it’s the result of my degree in creative writing. It’s not. I tell...

Some people think being a CEO is a glamorous lifestyle. They think it means jetting off to attend high-level meetings with important people. They see the...

Most people who are driven in their careers, or have an interest in personal growth, see December as the month of reflection. They make time to...

We all have the same 24 hours in a day. When you see certain individuals achieve a level of unimaginable success, it’s not because they have...

If you want to become a writer, you have to write. This is a universal truth that most people understand in theory but fail to understand...

Successful Millennials aren’t like their friends. Their friends have different habits, live different lives, and somehow find themselves repeating the same words every New Year’s Eve:...

Painful as it might be to admit, we all lose ourselves in success at some point. For some, it happens immediately. You know the type. They’re...

With popular culture infiltrating our phones and implanting into our minds, more and more stimulation is required to catch our attention. And often, the most confident people aren’t...

People say you should never hire your friends. For startups, I’d double down on that piece of advice. If you’re splitting a venture 50/50 between you...

Ideas don’t always come to you when you need them. But you never forget the moment something really special hits. I still remember the moment the...

ThirdLove was about to move into a brand new office, and the other day I was walking around our old space, thinking about the time we’d...

It’s difficult to be self-aware in this world–especially in the context of business.  Reading that probably sounds ridiculous. And privileged. And you’re right–it’s absolutely both of those...

I would be hard-pressed to think of a founder who intimately knew their product before starting their company. More commonly, founders are potential customers rather than...

Offline marketing often seems like a risky proposition for e-commerce companies. Today, everything is tracked, measured, analyzed, and organized. Clicks are counted, and page views are...

Building a startup is a bit like building a relationship. When something feels really difficult — you’re trying to make it work, but you just can’t — it’s a sign...

The term "thought leadership" is a fairly new one in the marketing world.

Done right, transparency promotes open and collaborative work environments. It fosters team trust and communication. And it promotes cultures where intellectual honesty and data-driven decisions supersede...

Over the past decade, I have founded and exited two companies — Increo and Crashlytics — and then stayed on to build large teams at the acquirers — Box and Twitter.