So, that happened, I guess. Quick recap for the audience at home: Since my last post: We had a global pandemic, during which we experienced a major family health issue, sold the company, and did a surreal year+ stint at corporate. And now.. we’re healthy, wealthy, and retired. Wild. Perfect timing. Sally and I celebrate …
A few years back I built a new shop as part of a “backyard remodel”. Been slowly getting it setup and ready for some fun. This weekend we started our first project build – Enlisting my boys for some quality father-son time we kicked off Project LandSpeeder – a go-kart build. Project took around 55 …
Local spot.. nothing glamorous. It’s my go to when I only have an hour or so ride.
I had purchased a welder last year (2019) with the intention to begin learning how to use it – starting with small projects – and working my way towards a level of competence. The first project was a welding table – from weldtables.com. Essentially followed the instructions and it was nearly impossible to mess up. …
I remember when I was little and my aunt turned 40, the decorations all made jokes about being “over the hill”. I remember being 14/15 and thinking 16 and driving was an eternity away. I remember in college, as a 21yr old working a summer construction job – my supervisor was 28 – and I …
AÂ take-away from this great book. A year ago my long time friend Sean Tierney joined our company as our Dir. of Sales. After a few weeks he hands me a book and said something to the effect of “whether you know it or not, this is how you run the company”. I read most of …
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It is pretty telling what sort of business most PE and VC’s are in when they send out blanket lead gen emails. It’s a business for them and startup founders are the customer. Shared this with some friends privately and of course a few got the same blanket email. Hi Joshua, I believe you’ve connected …
Let’s play a game: You have two lenses on the table in front of you. If you pick up the lens on the right and examine a random business you see it from the techpress/VC/SV point of view. If you pick up the lens on the left you see it through, I’d argue, a more …
Or healthcare, or stock options, or anything else listed in an employment contract. At Pagely we are a distributed team spread all over the world, working different shifts in different timezones. They are some of the most passionate and dedicated people I know and I am fortunate to work with them. As a business owner …
