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Every week, I share my thoughts and experiences on business, entrepreneurship, and life. Notes from a founder's long game.
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- The story
28 Years on the Internet: My Unfinished Story
A 1998 business directory, a cold email that got one reply out of thirty, and how that reply became Octeth, Sendloop, and a portfolio of more than twenty products.
- How I build
Make Small Bets, Not Big Sacrifices
Why I spread my energy across several small projects instead of staking everything on one, and why quitting an idea can be a win.
- Life and work
Doing Less, On Purpose, Gave Me More
I cut my training from five days a week to three. What the experiment showed about the difference between doing more and achieving more.
2026
- OCT 20Doing Less, On Purpose, Gave Me More
- OCT 11Programmers Aren't Ending. We Got Promoted.
- OCT 04AI Multiplies Me, and Everyone Else
- SEP 27The Brain Obeys a Command, and Searches for an Answer
- SEP 21Stop Doing Hard Work in Places You Love
- SEP 14Competition Kills Inner Peace
- SEP 07You Have More Games Than Players
- AUG 30I Don't Solve Problems. I Create Solutions.
- AUG 24Is Life a Game or a Battle?
- AUG 18Your Routine Won't Find You a New Path
- AUG 11The Spider Doesn't Check the Weather
- JUL 27The Paradigm That Sends You a Bill
- JUL 20Let Your Success Be What Shakes the Ground
- JUL 13Winning Is Not What Instagram Says It Is
- JUL 07I Over-Everything My Whole Life. It Never Worked.
- JUN 22We Have More Horsepower Than Ever. Now Comes the Harder Part.
- JUN 16I Shipped Four Products This Summer. Here Is What I Think Is Coming Next.
- JUN 0828 Years on the Internet: My Unfinished Story
- JUN 01You Don't Need to Add More. You Need to Let Go
- MAY 27Stillness Is Where Creativity Lives
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