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2021 Commencement Speech, Close School of Entrepreneurship, Drexel University

I am honored to give the 2021 Commencement Speech for the Close School, an institution which......

My Favorite Kind of Founder

At a recent accelerator demo day, someone asked me what I look for in a founder. It took a bit of soul searching to construct my answer. Here’s what I came up with.....

Three Lessons Learned in Three Years of Investing

Here are the top three lessons I’ve learned or relearned about investing in order of importance....

Grocery Stores Are In So Much Trouble!

The news for grocery store chains has not been good recently. Amazon bought Whole Foods after its valuation...

My Experiments with Design Thinking

In early 2011, while I was working at Maxim, I signed up for a “Design Thinking Boot Camp” at Stanford’s d.school. I hoped it...