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Networking is Noise. Value is the Signal.

Entrepreneurs are often advised to focus on networking to increase visibility and access to capital. However, listening to billionaire innovators like Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of Social Capital, or Naval Ravikant, co-founder of AngelList, reveals a different...

Artificial Intelligence and the Death of the Ego

Last year, I undertook to summit Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America. It was an arduous climb, beset by harsh conditions that pushed me to my physical and mental limits and nearly beyond. A colleague later described the experience as “an ego death,”...

Reversing Type 2 Diabetes

Recently, I learned that nearly 40 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, and many more are unaware they have it. Additionally, 1 in 3 people have pre-diabetes—a warning for future development of the disease.1 With a concurrent rise in obesity, the prevalence of...

Does Your Brain Need a Workout?

A recent post on X reads “Your brain literally gets stronger when you do something you don’t want to do.” One might ask, “What exactly is meant by stronger?” Is the brain like a muscle? Neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman, who speaks in the post video,...

How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Selling a business is a significant life decision requiring proactive exit planning. Timing is key, and hasty decisions driven by burnout, health issues, or an unforeseen crisis (like a pandemic) undermine your ability to pinpoint the right moment and to sell from a...

Fragrance: A Wolf in Lamb’s Clothing?

Every day, we use products enhanced by fragrance:  soaps and shampoos, creams and cosmetics, laundry detergents, and an array of household cleaning agents. Such products are required to list their ingredients, but I’ve been surprised to learn that the term...