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What if the Poorest Places Are Actually the Best Places to Start a Startup Right Now?
I was asked this past week, by someone in a very economically challenged city, how they can start something without the resources so many others have…
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What It Means to Run Down a Dream
What if the most important thing the people in your life could do is simply believe you?
Mar 3
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SXSW 2026 Guide for Founders, Investors, and Ecosystem Builders
Not Going? This is a list of people to know
Mar 2
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How Streaming Shows That AI Is Making the Product a Commodity, Here’s How Startup Founders Survive
I find myself more oriented to media than most.
Mar 1
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February 2026
Energy Is the Startup Resource That Actually Matters
And no, I don’t mean your Series A.
Feb 27
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Startup Cities Need to Measure and Expect Outcomes, Not Activity. Here’s How.
Cities love to count things that are easy to count: events, meetups, demo days.
Feb 25
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Founders, Stop Trying to Be Perfect
Perfection is the fastest way to look inexperienced.
Feb 23
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Forget STEM, The Future Ready Skills Curriculum is ECPM
Bonus Points if you Can Name Why this School Looks Familiar
Feb 23
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The Texas Aerospace Space
Synonymous with space, Texas is far more than Houston being informed of a problem, and after an incredible tour of Firefly Aerospace’s rocket facilities…
Feb 20
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Miami and the Florida Startup Ecosystem
Innovation, Invention, and Building Sustainable Entrepreneurial Capacity
Feb 17
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The Second Time Around
In my last piece, The Startup of You, I wrote about how the real venture we’re building isn’t the company, it’s ourselves.
Feb 17
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The Startup of You
There are moments in life when everything you thought was solid shifts.
Feb 14
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