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In a world enamored with tech startups and digital dazzle, it’s easy to overlook the charm of industries that aren’t glamorous. What’s interesting about them? These unsexy and boring sectors are not just surviving; they’re veritable treasure troves of untapped potential, offering stability and ripe opportunities for rejuvenation. Per Forbes recently, while the entrepreneurial crowd rushes…

I have in my journey thought I was mastering the tango only to realize I was stepping on toes. My own toes, and others. Initial confidence can quickly turn into a humbling pas de deux with reality. The Dunning-Kruger effect, as I’m sure most of you know, is a psychological phenomenon where individuals with limited knowledge in…

Ever catch yourself staring blankly at the parts of your business that don’t thrill you? This is a major struggle for me. I’m thinking, what if I could sprinkle a little bit of the “Experiment and Excel” philosophy here? Inspired by the bold, somewhat reckless charm of “fuck around and find out,” I propose a…

I’ve always had a specific mode of operation, but it wasn’t until earlier this week, when I overheard someone threatening someone else on a street corner here in San Antonio, that I found the words to describe it. “Fuck around and find out.” Far from its origins as a threat to deliver a can of…

Once, at my previous company I found myself at the helm, equipped with ambition and unwavering drive. I rushed on, feeling that pausing, reflecting, or resting was not possible because there was too much to do. Stoicism, to me, represented emotional detachment, a calm indifference to the highs and lows of the business rollercoaster. Little…

In my almost 41 year journey through life, I’ve met many successful people (not just financially successful people). A common thread among them is not just their capacity to express their vision to the rest of the world but also, I’ve realized (most importantly), to themselves. This insight has hit home for me as I…

My entrepreneurial journey used to be motivated by a desire to escape the limits of a typical employment, the fear of not having enough, and the Sisyphean challenge of climbing the corporate ladder. It was a race away from what I didn’t want — not toward what I really wanted.  Looking back. it seemed like…

Stoicism is an old philosophical lifeboat in the turbulent seas of business, where emotional storms may hurl our endeavors about. But, before you see a stoic as an emotionless statue, allow me to sail this ship in a different path. Stoicism, which I used to misunderstand as a lack of emotion, is really about navigating…

Once upon a time, in the fast-paced world of my last company, Fluent Voice, I learned a harsh but important lesson about the dangers of emotional overdrive. I dove deeply into every task, spinning wrenches with the passion of a seasoned mechanic, like a superhero confident they can rescue the day on their own. But…

Emotions aren’t simply ripples on the surface of the huge ocean of entrepreneurship; they’re strong currents that may guide the ship of our initiatives. Let me explain how riding these emotional waves has been a motivation as well as a creative spark in my path.  Early in my business journey, I saw emotions as a…