One Wintery Day (Few Words at a Time)
Fancy It was a vast voidThe air seemed to escape.Hissing around my ears,spitting in tones of hateful lust.Was perfection so far away?Was it ever close at hand?Stupid questions! Sight Light Joy shows light when ripples bleed iron.I can’t fathom contemplation versus resolution. Why must days end slow?This quarrel rises silently. This unseen embellishment leads one […]
The Trust Algorithm
The Trust Algorithm In an era of deepfakes and digital scams, a new synthesis of AI and Blockchain is forging the next generation offraud-proof crowdfunding. The Problem Amplified Generative AI empowers anyone to create synthetic campaigns with fake products and deepfake founders. This technological leap represents a rapidly growing threat to the trust that underpins […]
The Algorithm of the Crowd: AI and the Future of Fundraising
The Algorithm of the Crowd How AI is Forging the Future of Fundraising The Crowdfunding Paradox Crowdfunding has democratized access to capital, becoming a multi-billion dollar industry. However, it has also democratized risk, placing immense burdens of marketing, financial planning, and logistics onto individual creators. This creates a high-friction environment where failure is […]
Coffee and Comics
Churning, Ceramic, Manual by hand coffee grinder. Spinning, Rotating, Mmmm, aroma slowly burning. Sunday morning comics, so beautifully in color. A few sips, My lady in lap. Exchanging narration, the comics come to life. This hot water ritual, always preparation for two. Sad comic strip now. The character is blue. These in-color Sundays, no longer […]
If It Ever So Decides
As it consists of only thunder. The clouds, gloomy and grey, have no contribution to my day. And when it finally starts to rain, if it ever so decides, I’ll be standing at the window, Watching the vegetables grow.
STOP PRETENDING
No one is a genius, and if you want to call someone such, I believe that what you’re truly acknowledging is their lack of “filter” that they have, whether it be oil painting expression, or deciding to dig deeper into splitting an atom and pondering the laws of the universe. I’ve always thought, “Nothing is […]
#1 ADVICE? JOURNAL EVERY SINGLE DAY
Someone once asked me what my number one piece of advice was. “What should I be doing everyday to grow spiritually and in business?” My answer if I could only give one… Journal! Write! Get that shit out of your head and onto some paper. A napkin will even suffice. You can hold yourself accountable […]
STEP ONE, STEP TWO. REPEAT
When I leave a meeting I always have everyone walk away with their own Step One & Step Two, steps. Sometimes I assign these steps depending on how I’m feeling that day, or what particular project I’m pushing, but most often I ask the person across the table, “What is your step one and step […]
DEPRESSION WITH ENTREPRENEURISM
Depression is a very new and recent experience for me in life. I had not experienced my first bout until mid 20’s, and when it fell upon me I was quite confused and uncertain as to what it even was. Across many site the average age range for depression seems to be 25 – 44 years […]
PRETEND YOU’RE POWERFUL, BECAUSE…
Every once in awhile, just because, when you enter through one of those automatic doors, like the ones at hotels, hospitals, etc., just wave your hand in front of it like you did when you were younger, or like your kids may do now. Do it to remind yourself that you are powerful. Do it […]