Posted in conjunction with A2 Entrepreneurs Fund — Last year I wrote about some good advice I got when my last startup failed. For the past year, my life has been more or less “cleaned up,” and I’ve essentially started over. Today, my team and I are diving deep into this new era of work. It is an…

Dear Senators Jeff Irwin and Dayna Polehanki and Jim Runestad and Lana Theis: — I am writing to you in support of the proposed State legislation aimed at identifying and intervening to help students with dyslexia in Michigan. Our large population of dyslexic students (as many as 1 in 5) have been underserved for far too long. …

Some complain Tim Cook is tone deaf for showcasing Apple’s incredible “space ship” headquarters in product launches. I don’t think so. Even my eleven year old said “I want to work there when I grow up” as we watched the iPhone 12 event this week. Highlighting how the space they…

In so many ways our whole world exists in “The Space Between” right now — from a Presidential election, to a continuous global Pandemic, to kids learning virtually from our homes, to our jobs, and even our families. The condition is pervasive. …

For working parents with young kids at home, there isn’t enough time to do it all. It’s a uniquely different experience from many others during COVID-19. Our older parents are stuck in their houses and lonely. To stay sane, our single friends have to form social bubble groups with other…

And the cathartic story behind it. — There comes a time when you need to call it quits, whether you want to or not. I was there recently and it was gut-wrenching. My most ambitious startup yet, Trove, failed after five years of blood, sweat, tears and too much money lost. Further, my whole life needed to…

If you’ve followed Cahoots at all over the years, you’ll know we like pluses — a lot. So, where did they come from, and why? We shared the story of our pluses first hand, three years ago at the first Intermitten conference. …

Well folks… the time has finally come. We are announcing the Trove Mail app’s retirement today. The app’s official last day will be September 17th. …

As the Internet continues to expand around the world and onto all of our devices, it’s never been easier to connect with someone, but there is also a growing disconnect about what it means to have a connection. Undoubtedly, our online networks are beginning to get too big; hundreds of…