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Fittest Entrepreneur Again
Last Saturday I won my second consecutive Houston Fittest Entrepreneur Challenge! That turns out not to be very impressive as there weren’t many entrepreneurs competing this year, but I still took second among all male competitors and improved on my performance from last year, so I feel very good about the results. This year’s eventContinue reading “Fittest Entrepreneur Again”
BBQ and Fitness in Houston
I spent the last week in Houston for business but, of course, managed to pack in social, culinary, and fitness adventures a plenty! The culinary highlight by far was my first visit to Killen’s BBQ, which has taken the Houston BBQ scene by storm over the last two years. To be honest I was prettyContinue reading “BBQ and Fitness in Houston”
Rice Homecoming 2014
Katie and I were in Houston last weekend for Rice’s annual Homecoming & Reunion. It was a lot of fun to be together back in our old stomping ground, and we packed an awful lot into just a few days. The weather really, really cooperated as it was sunny and 70s F (20s C) almostContinue reading “Rice Homecoming 2014”
Moving Pains
For 10 months I have been meaning to write about our move from Houston to Chapel Hill, which was filled with both [surprising] highs and [expected] lows. As always seems to be the case, we A. were moving during the hottest, most miserable part of the year, and B. found ourselves with way too muchContinue reading “Moving Pains”
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”
The Dude Ranch
Two weekends ago Katie and I were excited to host our first house guests since remodeling our house. Peter, a good friend from business school, and his girlfriend came into town from New York and it was the first time in Houston for both of them. They arrived late Friday night, so we just wentContinue reading “The Dude Ranch”
Entrepreneurship for Value Creation
This morning I read a blog post about “the problem with Silicon Valley.” The author contends that the pace of innovation in the Valley is amazing, but that it is often somewhat insulated from solving problems that “matter.” Clearly much debate can be had about what “matters,” but the topic resonates with me. Two yearsContinue reading “Entrepreneurship for Value Creation”
A Meaningful Award for Smart OES
Yesterday we were honored to receive first place in the Goradia Innovation Prize competition! When I first announced that I would move back to Houston from Switzerland to launch Smart Office Energy Solutions, people thought I was crazy. “Why Houston?” “They don’t have startups there – just big oil companies!” I assured them – orContinue reading “A Meaningful Award for Smart OES”
The First Cleanweb Hackathon in Texas
Last weekend marked the culmination of a special project I’ve been working on for many months: bringing the Cleanweb Hackathon to Houston! Cleanweb is a global movement of people developing IT-based “clean” technologies instead of the traditional “cleantech” like solar and wind which require massive investments and decades to commercialize. The purpose of a cleanweb hackathonContinue reading “The First Cleanweb Hackathon in Texas”