Consumer product builder, drawn to the problems others may have written off. Based in San Francisco by way of Miami, Brazil, and Israel.
Writing & Projects
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Oct 2026
Lessons in Attention
New book releasing on December 3, 2026.
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Jul 2026
The New Rules of Consumer
When intelligence can do everything for us, what is still worth doing ourselves?
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Feb 2026
On Urgency and Clarity
The most iconic creative and technical achievements share a counterintuitive truth: the preparation timeline almost always eclipses the execution timeline.
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Sep 2025
Creativity as an Engine of Enduring Power
Creativity is the origin story of every iconic, enduring company. They begin with a spark so compelling, so emotionally resonant, that it earns loyalty before it earns margin.
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Jul 2025
Beautifully Confusing
My debut poetry collection, a labor of love over two years, featuring over 150 authored poems.
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Jul 2025
Superagency: How AI Is Reinventing the Career Playbook
AI is collapsing the boundaries between generalists and specialists, between thinkers and operators. In a world of superintelligent tools, the bottleneck is no longer execution, it’s imagination.
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May 2025
Where AI Ends and Product Begins
The real edge isn’t access to the model. It’s how well you hide it. The best products of this era won’t showcase the tech; they’ll make users feel like the product always knew what they needed. Abstraction is the new moat.
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Mar 2025
The Purveyor of Taste
The more I work with AI, the more its power becomes apparent. But so does something even more fundamental: AI is not the arbiter of quality—we are. We are the purveyors of taste.
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Jan 2025
Revet
Leading the transformation of our family-owned fine jewelry business, founded in 1973.
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Aug 2024
Action Breeds Expertise
Often, the worst decisions come from rationalizing our intuition away. Conversely, the best decisions often stem from trusting our intuition, even when it seems irrational.
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Jul 2024
Beyond the Camera and Keyboard
While the camera has certainly changed how we interact with technology and share information, AI is poised to transform the creative process itself.
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May 2024
Century
Finishing my first 100-mile century in San Francisco.
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May 2024
Human Creativity and AI
AI can reason. AI can notice patterns. But the most interesting nuances, insights, and ideas come from humans noticing small things that lead to next-generation ideas.
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Feb 2024
Drive it like you stole it
Reflecting on how to take advantage of limitless, fleeting opportunities, inspired by Greta Gerwig.
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Jan 2024
Own the room
Techniques and lessons learned from a recent workshop with Bill Hoogterp, coaching expert on communication and public speaking.
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Jan 2024
Start with a scene
Reflecting on my favorite films from the 40th anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival.
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Nov 2023
Finding the right environment to build
Building something new: the critical role of the right environment in nurturing new ideas.
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Aug 2022
The Design-First Approach
The best products are those that emulate human nature rather than try to change it. Developing a functional product that resonates with users requires a design-first approach to innovation, and that it must be rooted in the understanding of how people work, think, & take action.
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May 2022
Autonomous Careers
The pursuit of an autonomous career path can fulfill the human need to feel fully utilized. Web3 is one manifestation of that desire for autonomy and meaningful contribution.
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May 2022
First 90 days, 30 lessons in venture
One of my favorite visualizations from Jack Butcher is the one above, expressing “Noise is what you say. Signal is what they remember.” If there’s anything I’ve heard the most over the last 90 days, it’s the importance of optimizing for high signal over noise.
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Apr 2022
People of Point
Spent some time at home with the creative team at Point Card discussing all things design.
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2019–2025
re—inc
The re—inc journey with Christen Press, Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, and Meghan Klingenberg.
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2018–2020
Let's Hear It
Conversations with women founders and leaders, from the publication I founded.















