Blog

People love to take shots at Illinois (and Chicago). The data, and my anecdotal happiness, may surprise you.

Joined a new company via merger, joined the board of the Old Town School of Folk Music, traveled a ton, ran a lot, and more!

Survived a pandemic, started running more, adopted a dog, and much more!

I built a lightweight health screening app that you can use to record temperature readings over time. It’s a step up from paper and pencil I’ve been using to track my family over the last few months.

I created this post to track COVID-19 in the US, logging daily updates starting on March 2, 2020. I kept at it for the first six months.

All the parenting, rode many miles, mentored startups going through Techstars, launched ParkWhiz in Canada, rebranded company to Arrive, and more!

I turned 43 years old on March 4, 2018. I love putting together retrospectives as it’s a good way to focus on perspective over time.

Erin and I welcomed Avery June Judge into the world at 12:45 PM on January 22, 2018 at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital. Here she is:

We launched Bright in 2017 with strong early momentum, including a ProductHunt launch that drew hundreds of teams to try the product, but we couldn’t turn that traction into the funding needed to build and scale the company. This post reflects on the journey and what I learned along the way.

Four lessons learned selling as a founder