What Comes First in a Company?

At Boomering we’re building product now. Over the last month I have spent most of my time with designers and developers in Figma and Google Docs and Github. At the moment, I’m the only full time employee; even so I’ve…

Rise of Social Audio

Since ClubHouse exploded onto the scene in 2020 and early 2021 there has been a ton of interest in social audio companies. I think the pandemic helped push this rise. People likely had never felt so separated, and hearing another…

2022

Well it’s been awhile. Last year I took time (the whole year) to be with my newly started family. We were lucky enough to welcome a son into the world in January, and we spent the year nesting and exploring…

Thinking About Community

Building a company is all about doing things for the first time and trying not to screw them up too bad. So what should I do going forward? I think the goal should be to generate as many leads as…

Year’s Absence

When I logged in today I was surprised I hadn’t been here for over a year. What have I been doing for a year? I had a child. My perspective on building a company changed after this. For the next…

Light Energy and Dark Energy

As the school year winds down and my classmates plans for next year begin to crystalize, I’m wondering what in the hell I am thinking starting a business. Pursuing a job opportunity is the rational thing to do. I’ve done…

Atomic Habits Notes

Reading atomic habits now and the core insight is that small actions compound. Just like your interest, doing something small day after day will result in phenomenal progress. 1% progress per day will make you 37 times better at the…

Platform Commodities

Who will win the ride sharing competition? In the USA, will one company come out on top, and drive the the other out of the market? What makes a platform defensible? According to academics, a multi-sided marketplace will take all…

The Future Is Not Here

Today I learned there are 4 cities in Germany with over 1 million people. They are Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne. China, as of 2007, had 161 cities with over one million people. Let that sink in. I’m sure for…

Prototyping

Rapid prototyping works. It’s also super fun. Today in our design thinking class we prototyped solutions for a hybrid learning classroom. The instructors brought a range of stuff to build prototypes, from egg crates to tin foil to arts and…