Over the years, I’ve invested in a variety of early stage startups in Colorado and beyond. I’m grateful and proud to be in a position to support founders who are doing meaningful work. I’m especially proud to work with founders who are grounded in the Give First ethos and who’s work supports underrepresented communities around…
I am so proud of my wife, Jaelin. She has started her own Psychedelic Therapy Practice, Entheos Aspen as a Certified Psychedelic Therapist and Transformational Life Coach. As many of you know, I’ve been an outspoken proponent for mental health in the startup and entrepreneurial realms and I’ve done a ton of my own deep…
The Shared Cultural Attributes That Help Our Favorite Clients FLOW The average person spends 90,000 hours- one third of their life at work. That’s almost hard to comprehend. It certainly stands to reason that if you’re going to spend that much time with your fellow humans that you’d want to be surrounded by amazing…
I have spent thousands of hours bringing people together in #Boulder and #Denver in the #startup ecosystem over the past 13 years as CEO of Technical Integrity. I love #community building and fostering #GiveFirst connections. One of the most meaningful moments came on stage at the end of Conscious Entrepreneur Summiit in #Boulder with my fellow organizers…
I am not even sure where to begin. I cannot fathom the loss of a 23 year old child. My close friend and stalwart startup community leader, Jason Cole, shot me a text while I was overseas about the terrible news. Ben Cole had been killed in a car wreck. My mind went straight to…
Sometimes when you meet someone in your community, you just CLICK. Everything aligns with regards to ethics, morals, values, world-view. It’s rare in the professional realm- and don’t get me wrong- we like to be challenged in our world view, but when you meet someone with THAT much alignment, it’s important to foster that…
Thank you to Jake Jorgovan and the Mile High Tech podcast for inviting me to join for this wide ranging discussion. We cover A LOT of ground from community building, living and working in the mountains of Colorado after 20 years in Boulder, maintaining and improving mental health in the startup realm and how candidates…
In recent months we’ve placed a number of new hires into executive roles, upper level engineering management positions and pure senior software development jobs, with several different clients. As I stepped away from each situation, I recently noticed one beautiful common thread among the successful candidates that received offers; They were each the most empathetic…
I was honored to be invited on the Scrimba Podcast recently to cover a topic that we tackle daily with job seekers of every level- finding the cultural AND technical attributes in an organization that resonate most with your personal values. It’s no easy task to define these values, much less find them in a…
