In the summer of 2016, I left my job at IBM to embark on a new career in clean energy. Before I began the transition into this new industry, I decided to spend a month organizing some stories and life advice I had collected for my sons. One month turned into four. The note organizing… Continue reading Your Mountain Is Waiting
My Commencement Speech for ATDC’s 2017 Graduation Event
On May 11, 2017, I had the privilege of addressing the audience attending ATDC’s Startup Showcase and graduation event. I began with a tongue-in-cheek title, “The Four Easy Steps to a Billion Dollar Exit.” After a few chuckles, I moved onto the real (and more practical) topic, “The Seven Hard steps to Increasing the Odds… Continue reading My Commencement Speech for ATDC’s 2017 Graduation Event
The Best of TED 2017
After 16 years of attending TED, I still leave the week wide-eyed and inspired. Last week was no exception. In fact, the majority of people I spoke to thought this was one of the better TEDs ever. Of course, like every year, Chris Anderson and the TED crew try out some changes. This year, they set… Continue reading The Best of TED 2017
The Nussey Principles for a Life Well Lived
A few years ago, I stepped back to take a look at my bucket list. I asked myself whether there was anything that I would genuinely regret not doing. One item jumped to the top of that list – finishing a book I’d been writing for my boys, Alex and Ben. Back when Alex was… Continue reading The Nussey Principles for a Life Well Lived
Venture Capital 3.0
VC 3.0 – Re-inventing Start Up Capital (Again) Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to a room full of Georgia Tech finance students. Knowing that many of them were interested in start ups, I decided to talk about the ways venture capital will change in the coming years. Over the last three to four… Continue reading Venture Capital 3.0
Parting Thoughts on My Last Day at IBM
I want to thank all my friends and colleagues at Silverpop and IBM. This has been the greatest journey of my career and I will deeply miss working with all of you. For those of you that couldn’t be at the Silverpop meeting in Atlanta or in the Corporate Strategy meeting in IBM’s headquarters, I wanted… Continue reading Parting Thoughts on My Last Day at IBM
TED 2016 – Best Quotes
The TED 2016 Conference The theme for 2016 was “Dream” but it was the quotation printed inside the first page of conference book that really caught my attention: “Make no small plans” Astro Teller, Google’s head of “X”, Google’s “moonshot factory” that has created self-driving cars and Project Loon: “The secret to our moonshot factory is to make… Continue reading TED 2016 – Best Quotes
