The Purpose of a Funeral is not to Mourn the Deceased

An entire life yields no more importance than an elementary school time capsule. One day, this life be as relevant as the inside jokes you told when you were in kindergarten. Not even nostalgia will redeem it, just like those potty jokes. It will be such a distant memory as…

Mystical demystification, anonymous assailants, and the train to nowhere — You’re not paying attention. What’s the title say? All day long, you find yourself waking up on this moving train. Over and over again, here you are, with no recollection of how you ended up here. You later find out that your whole life, there’s been some nameless stranger following…

Farewell Dynamo — Having recently concluded my stint at Dynamo, I believe thank yous and a tribute are in order. Well, there is an awful lot to be said for and about Dynamo Ventures. But, in the spirit of being lean, here’s the abridged version. This group has shown, taught, and challenged me…

The fastest way to improve at the saxophone or any other woodwind instrument — There are three pillars that all non-shit players have firmly established: Sound Dexterity Intuition All three are essential and compound one another in learning, so it’s best to develop them simultaneously. What’s the method? Well, it beings with optimal practice of course. Fortunately, this is super simple. Unfortunately, nobody explained…

The Black Hole of Urban Mobility — Unprecedented times imperil the transportation industry. It’s troubling for international travel without question, as airlines are poised to lose up to $113B in passenger revenue due to coronavirus. Zooming in to the regional level, Uber reported that trips are down 70% in impacted areas and Transit posted a 66% decline…

Explaining the Age-Old Problem of Visibility and Transparency — Supply chain visibility is an enduring opportunity area. There is no better indicator of its shortcomings than the impact of the current COVID-19 epidemic. For the most part, procurement and logistics managers are still working in the dark. According to a recent survey of 1,700 companies, 81% do not have…

A Market in Disarray and the Light at the End of the Tunnel — The new decade brought with it a frantic flight to quality. Investors are now less tolerant of unproven business models, reliance on VC-fueled customer acquisition, and weak unit economics. After throwing WeWork in the pillory, investors’ profitability witch hunt continued elsewhere in search of others. …

A Primer on Safety Standards & Compliance for AVs — Safety is the top priority for autonomous vehicle (AV) and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) developers as they engineer the vehicles of the future. The industry is being challenged on its ability to significantly reduce, if not eliminate the 1.4M car-related deaths that occur worldwide each year. The challenge for…

Way more important in my world than anything else is how to ask a question. Because you want to have the person [entrepreneur] comfortably telling you what he thinks is important so that you get it. Now, for a long time, we don’t understand the product or the market while…