Optimize your life for those who know you most, not least.

Optimize your life for those who know you most, not least.

We're seeking mission-driven operators for 3 new searches we're going live with.

Email kelie at 10thsttalent for details!

- Director of Operations, Phoenix (faith-based investor)
-General Manager, Phoenix (faith-based investors)
-COO/CFO, Columbia, MO (Christian Non-profit)

VC friends: I have an opportunity that was passed to me from a dear friend.

Company provides last mile delivery in Africa via custom electric vehicles. Tech is done. Model is validated. Ready to scale. Looking to raise $10M.

If interested, DM me and I can put you in contact.

My friend Ty Maloney wrote this beautiful piece on hospitality vs. dining entertainment. Worth a slow read.

'Hospitality requires no showmanship. If anything, hospitality should disarm us. It should pull us in, not push us away or make us feel foreign.'

marshcollective.com/journal/hospit…

'Fast growth is counterintuitively more perilous than declining revenue and can quickly destroy a company.' Brent Beshore

Roadtrip to Berkshire Hathaway started in El Paso - we drove 1500+ miles tagging Big Bend and traveling less than 100 miles on major interstates. DM me for tonight’s Omaha party details. Also Mr Toad w/Brent Beshore immediately post-meeting.

Excellent rundown of how to spot a business's dependence on the owner.

Great for owner-operators to be aware of where they can improve, or where they might be holding back their business.

Anytime I see something meaningful and sustainable get built, it's almost exclusively by a team that doesn't care who gets the credit.

Humility is outrageously profitable.

The way Scott Harrison communicates is a masterclass in moving hearts and minds towards seeing clearly the otherwise invisible needs of others.

charity: water is doing the work.

Sometimes you have to pet the lion to realize you don’t want a pet lion.

“I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance ... and bitter, exaggerated, last-stitch resistance ... to every significant technological change that had taken place on earth. Usually the resistance came from those groups who stood to lose…

Stunning quote from Harper’s Magazine in 1847 via Kanbrick's annual letter:

'What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.' -Ecclesiastes 1:9

Stunning quote from Harper’s Magazine in 1847 via Kanbrick's annual letter:

'What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.' -Ecclesiastes 1:9

Overheard on Main Street: “Ultimately, it’s all about the people.”

In 2023, Trish Higgins of Chenmark joined Brent Beshore to share what she wishes she’d known before getting into small business.

We loved this takeaway from her talk: Not everyone is as excited about Excel…

After the BRK annual meeting, jeff gramm and I are co-hosting at Mr. Toad's (1002 Howard St).

Stop on by for a cold one and to say hi.

Deal Deck vs. Due Diligence

Was feeling low energy this morning and this really hit the spot. Grateful for the boost from all my friends in the Bay Area.