Introduction: In 2018, I moved my family to the Canary Islands. It was a carefully planned adventure that we had dreamed of for a decade. My daughter is less than thrilled and as a charismatic and firm willed 9 year old, she sat me down so that I could truly explain why we uprooted her […]

Two weeks ago, Peter & I finally stepped out on a long overdue corporate retreat. We have been running in survival mode since my daughter Serenity was born in March. A busy company, little sleep and a smaller (but much wiser) management team caused us to focus upon our clients, but severely limited our time […]

Today our good friend Iris from NextSpace asked us about our corporate culture mantra. Shane and I delighted in recounting it: Happy, Helpful, Curious, and Accountable. As we recited our beloved chant, it dawned on me that it deserves a long overdue blog post. What, you ask, is this 12-syllable slogan? It’s our cultural measuring […]

About 10 minutes ago, I filled out a survey sent to me by a friend for the Santa Clara Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The goal, as best as I understood it, was to look at personality traits of entrepreneurs. As I often do when asked personality questions, I struggled between providing my default tendencies […]