When I decided to start backing young founders with my own time and equity, the first person I chose was […]
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Not long ago, George Paladichuk and I spent a day with the founder of the largest fencing company in the
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The first time Logan Young met me, he drove 13 hours to do it — and studied the marketing materials
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In 2023, Dan Leibrandt shadowed me for 17 days straight. He watched me work from Ubers, airport gates, and flights,
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In early 2018, a sophomore defensive back at tiny Saint Vincent College volunteered to drive a guest speaker from the
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Most people who want my attention send a generic pitch. Alex Makowski did not. He sent a cold Twitter message
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Back in 2022, a college senior named Ethan Van De Hey cold-emailed me asking for feedback. I gave him five
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At the Align Volleyball Summit in Dallas this spring, the person who spotted our next great story was not me.
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This spring at the Align Volleyball Summit in Dallas, I introduced a room full of business owners to one of
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No running, no swimming, no biking — I bought the bike off Facebook Marketplace the night we landed. How determination and smart risk assessment carried me across the line at 70.3 miles, 70 pounds overweight.
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