What I'm doing now (Jan 2022)

I live in Oakland, in the San Francisco Bay Area although I am sometimes now down in Pasadena to collaborate with coworkers at my new(ish) job.

A little under 6 months ago I joined Near as their Global Head of Product Marketing. Near is a data intelligence company with vast geospatial data, so (just like with Knowi) getting to pull from my marketing background and my data science background seems to make for a good fit.

My priorities and goals:

  • Helping Near get their products properly positioned for success in a previously non-existent SAAS category (location intelligence).
  • Writing for mental wellness, not necessarily for publication.
  • Spending time with my Boston Terrier pup Octavian.

My habits:

  • Daily meditation.
  • Intermittent fasting; eating only one meal per day.
  • Daily journaling.
  • Daily dog park visits.
  • Keeping a calendar AND a hand written to do list.

Things that I think are great

  • Coffee Guayusa tea in the morning
  • Dogs
  • Live music
  • Kava bars
  • Wing Chun
  • Blockchain (but only when used for non-bullshitty things)
  • Data & analytics
  • Sleep that is actually restful
  • The movement towards a 4 day workweek
  • Rooibos tea at night

Things that I think are a stupid waste of time

  • The “metaverse”
  • Arguing with people
  • NFTs
  • Most movies
  • Reading (or watching) the news
  • Most things that require scrolling

Last updated: Sunday, Jan 30, 2022 at 10:22 AM from Oakland CA with Octavian the pup laying in the window smelling the morning air.

This is a Now Page and I will continue to update it as my life and priorities chang

What I'm doing now (June 13, 2021)

I live in Oakland, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Although I am also frequently in Chicago, San Diego, and parts of Alaska.

A couple months ago I quit my job and took some time off to re-evaluate what I care about and how best to use the most productive years of my life.

Before that I spent just under two years working as VP of Growth at Knowi, a SAAS analytics/business intelligence startup.

My priorities and goals:

  • Thinking carefully about where I want to be putting my skills and energy.
  • Finding smart, clever, motivated people to work with.
  • Building my scientific startup growth podcast SciGrowth.
  • Doing bespoke growth consulting for a small number of startups.
  • Getting better at sleep.
  • Spending time with my Boston Terrier pup Octavian.

My habits:

Things that I think are great

  • Coffee
  • Dogs
  • Live music
  • Blockchain
  • VR/AR
  • Data & Analytics
  • Journaling
  • Sleep that is actually restful

Things that I think are a stupid waste of time

  • Arguing with people
  • Clubhouse
  • Most movies
  • Reading (or watching) the news
  • Most things that require scrolling
  • Most of what marketers and PR people do day-to-day

 

Last updated: Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 4:03 PM from Chicago IL with Octavian the pup sleeping on my while I type.

This is a Now Page and I will continue to update it as my life and priorities change.