May 29BizMech Ideas: TempThis idea was the result of many beers and a long conversation with a good friend. They were laid off from a tech job back in ’21 and became a house cleaner as a ‘side hustle’. …Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
May 1BizMech Ideas: WriterI am a voracious reader. My first job was in a bookstore which, let me tell you, was a bad move on my part. How bad? I stopped counting them and started weighing them. When I hit 300 pounds of books, my parents asked me to stop. …Business7 min readBusiness7 min read
Apr 10BizMech Ideas: ChoosierYears ago, I helped start a recording studio in Baltimore. My brother from another mother, Mike Walls, was and still is the heart and soul of the studio. He’s also the brains and other body parts. And I was more like the appendix. Anyway, Mike taught me a lot of…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Mar 20BizMech Ideas: CrispierAt last count, there are almost 30,000 restaurants in the Big Apple. There’s even a saying: “You could eat a different restaurant, three meals a day, for the rest of your life, and still not eat at every one in NYC” And after moving here, I think that’s a little…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Mar 1BizMech Ideas: TOChangerI had just finished a short read about the Theory of Change in a PDF from the UN Development Group. To simplify, a Theory of Change (TOC) says “if we do X, then we change Y”. Let’s say you want to reduce the number of people end up back in…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
Feb 22BizMech Ideas: IntroductionBack in ‘09, I read Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto. I didn’t take it to heart but I was a little headstrong in those days. It would take a few more years of relying on others to help me stay on track before I finally got over myself. In ‘13, I started…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Feb 1Why Business Needs MechanicsThink about the best parts of driving. The feel of the road, the way the car handles, the excitement of a road trip, and all those times you fell asleep in the back seat as a kid. Now, think about the parts you hate about driving. The traffic, the cost…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Jan 6A Better Place to WorkAs the holiday season wears off, there’s one issue that is front and center for a lot of managers and business owners. Employers want people back in the office. Employees don’t wanna go back. Employees have a lot of solid reasons to not want to return. Transmissible diseases, physical and…Work3 min readWork3 min read
Dec 23, 2022Which What and Why?With 2023 heading straight for us almost every human on the planet is thinking about the new year and what will come of it. First, the litany of fears: ecologic, economic, and egomaniac. Then, the mantra of solace: community, consequences, and carbohydrates. But then, the idea of change creeps in…New Year Resolution3 min readNew Year Resolution3 min read
Dec 9, 2022Success Is Not an OptionBetween 2018 and 2021, the number of podcasts on Apple went from 550 thousand to 1.96 million. Including other platforms, that number is somewhere over 4 million at this point. A lot of people started during the first lockdowns. And an awful lot of them stopped pretty quickly. Some managed…Podcast3 min readPodcast3 min read
