I am looking at this photo taken a few years ago in an American national park. On the surface, it looks like a typical tourist photo: a man holding a map, standing next to a flag. But looking at it now, I realize this image captures the exact blueprint of the business I have built […]
The Map, The Flag, and The Bridge: Exporting American Ambition to the European Alps Read Post »
I dug this photo out of the archives today. Back then, that grey fleece vest wasn’t a fashion statement. It was a uniform. In the Valley, if you showed up in a suit, you were a “tourist” or a banker. If you showed up in the vest, you were an operator. It was camouflage. It
The Grey Vest Chronicles: 10+ Years Later Read Post »
I am sitting in the silence of the Alps, looking at this photo I took over New York City a few years ago.At the time, it was just a scenic flight. When you are walking on 5th Avenue, all you see is traffic, noise, and trash. You are trapped in the micro-chaos. But when you
The Helicopter View: Why I’m Trading Cloud for Concrete Read Post »
