Last week I was honored to be asked to give a brief talk on the future of energy at 1776, Washington DC’s startup incubator. I was in town for less than 24 hours but it felt invigorating to present my ideas back in my home town. The event was called RebootEnergy, and its purpose wasContinue reading “The Future of Energy”
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Economic Inequality in America
Recently I’ve been seeing many facebook posts about a video describing the very lopsided distribution of wealth and income in the United States. The video is actually a year old but it has been given a new lease on life by upworthy and, at the time of this post, has more than 10,000,000 views. TheContinue reading “Economic Inequality in America”
Gravity
Last week Katie and I saw the movie everyone has been raving about: Gravity. Although it wasn’t the best sci-fi movie ever (as we had heard from some people) – and, in fact, I wouldn’t classify it as a sci-fi movie at all – it was quite enjoyable. We saw the movie in IMAX 3DContinue reading “Gravity”
IMD MBA 2008 Reunion in Lausanne, Switzerland
Six years ago I first set foot in Switzerland for what would ultimately become a life-changing trip. Shortly after my exhausting, exhilarating day of interviews at IMD, I received my acceptance and decided to attend the intense, transformative one-year MBA program. And shortly after that I made my very first post on this blog! ThisContinue reading “IMD MBA 2008 Reunion in Lausanne, Switzerland”
Life in Chapel Hill
Having moved into our Chapel Hill home nearly a month ago, I now have some reasonably concrete thoughts about life here. The biggest impression made on me so far is the area’s dichotomy between being a large metropolitan area of two million people but having a really small town feel. Durham may feel a littleContinue reading “Life in Chapel Hill”
Rocket City, USA
En route to Chapel Hill, Katie, Max, and I stopped in Huntsville, Alabama, where I spent the first 10 years of my life. It wasn’t too far out of the way, and it warmed my soul to see some of my old stomping grounds for the first time in many, many years. Huntsville made aContinue reading “Rocket City, USA”
Gone To Carolina In My Mind
Katie and I are moving to Chapel Hill, North Carolina! Those closest to us already know, but it’s time to make this announcement public. Next month Katie will begin a PhD program in nutritional anthropology at the University of North Carolina. This process actually began more than four years ago as Katie became very concernedContinue reading “Gone To Carolina In My Mind”
A Family Wedding
Last weekend I had the honor of officiating my sister-in-law’s wedding in Tahoe. While the details of the wedding itself are private to the family, I’m glad to retell the story of the weekend, which was a grand affair. We flew into Reno Wednesday and made our way to Fjeldheim, a Norwegian family lodge upContinue reading “A Family Wedding”
Rice Named Top University Incubator
Rice University has been selected as having the top university business incubator in the world according to a just-released study by UBI. I have been working for more than a year now to support/enhance/catalyze entrepreneurship at Rice by teaching, mentoring, and helping to launch the OwlSpark Accelerator, which received special mention in the announcement. ItContinue reading “Rice Named Top University Incubator”
Some Memorial Day Thoughts
Memorial Day is always a good day for reflection and gratitude – for grieving the ones we’ve lost and for celebrating what they did for us in their time on this earth. As I’ve posted before, it is a particularly poignant time for my family as it was 23 Memorial Days ago that we lostContinue reading “Some Memorial Day Thoughts”