Funny story In a past life I worked at Xbox and ran the Pro Forma for this deal

Never let a good trauma go to waste

We left $490,000 on the table The deal sold out But I still had 10,000 codes ready to load We could’ve doubled revenue But Anton Sepetov said: “We don’t fake scarcity. Ever.” I remember that lesson to this day: Real constraints beat cheap tricks Truth costs But trust pays

You’ll be CTO We’ll be the visionaries You know how to build AI right?

If your biz dies when you take a weekend off, you don’t have a business… you’ve got a job with anxiety Real leverage means you can disappear and the machine keeps running Don’t earn rest. Design for it. Enjoy the damn weekend

Show me the incentives I’ll show you the outcome

10 years ago, this mountain broke me This year, I trained for months 4 hours in… I slipped, popped my knee, likely tore a ligament This was no hike. It was a rematch I’m bloody, bruised, and hobbled. It took 3 days. But I won Half Dome: Conquered. Redemption Complete 🗻🫡

The number of founders I know who sold too early because of a health scare is WILD Don’t let something preventable cost you million$$$ ✅ 12 months of cash in the biz ✅ 12 months of personal runway ✅ Long-term disability insurance Sleep better 🧘‍♂️ Build longer 🫡

If you’re a Founder or CEO, you should be upgrading your MacBook every single year Everything stored on Google Drive so it’s a quick and easy transition to the new machine Even a 1% improvement in speed and efficiency will pay for itself the first month

Never underestimate the power of going to a coffee shop to knock out that one annoying task

When you come back from vacation and nothing’s broken

Biggest pet peeve is when parents brag “Our baby sleeps through the night” …then you find out they just let them cry alone in the dark for 45 minutes Bro. That’s not the same thing

A successful life is a life built on your terms Friendly reminder to not others dictate what success means to you Happy Fathers Day