Weekend Reads and Listens – Investing in Friendships
This weekend one of my oldest friends Dylan Smart drove from Tucson, AZ to Carlsbad, CA to spend two days laughing, eating, and cycling. We have known each other for 16-years and it is always worth the effort spending quality time with friends. I am very grateful that he decided to drive out to see […]
Weekend Reads and Listens: Memorial Day Edition from our House in Carlsbad
Greetings everyone, and a happy Memorial Day weekend to you all! My family and I have packed our bags for our annual trip to Carlsbad, feeling fortunate to have secured a ZIRP interest-only loan for our beautiful house. During the year, we rent it out on Airbnb, but come the summer, we are here to […]
Weekend Reads and Listens – minus the reads
This, I found myself listening to podcasts more than reading – my schedule was jam-packed with calls and meetings. Fortunately, my runs and cycle rides provided me with ample opportunity to stay up-to-date on great content. In one podcast, Chamath confided in Lex Friedman that he spends his Wednesdays learning sans the act of reading. […]
Weekend Reads and Listens: Syd Gets Tubes in her Ears – AI Deflation Hoax and Healthcare Stuff
Happy Saturday everyone! The Paul house was struck with the norovirus. Pretty much everyone was having spontaneous vomiting or diarrhea. Having three kids is fucking terrible sometimes. We are constantly sick from their little contaminated bodies. Onward. This week I was in Boston for Statera board meeting as well as going to the LIFT AZ […]
Weekend Reads and Listens: Mr. Mom this Weekend
Happy Saturday everyone! While my wife is taking a well-deserved break for my sister’s bachelorette party, I’m on daddy duty, observing a few things: the kids are less whiny without their mom around, and I’m discovering small details I wouldn’t normally notice. Despite enjoying this bonding time, I’m looking forward to having her home tomorrow. […]
Weekend Reads and Listens & Self Awareness of Affirmation Seeking
Over the weekend, I engaged in a fascinating conversation with a group of guys about the human need for praise and affirmation. The topic really resonated with me since I admit to being an attention whore. Ironically, when I’m in the spotlight, I tend to shut down. Despite my own personal insecurities I feel like […]
Weekend Reads and Listens: Trying to Stay Grounded
I hope you all had a great weekend. Recently, I’ve learned the significance of disconnecting and staying grounded during family time. Nowadays, it’s challenging to switch off our “to-do” mode, especially in the information age. As a result, we often end up taking on multiple unimportant tasks and trying to stay connected at all times. […]
Weekend Reads and Listens – Happy Bunny Day and PRP Treatment
I hope everyone is having a good easter weekend. My week has been one long weeks as my kids had COVID and I have been entertaining them. Babysitter is coming today so I am looking forward to some rest and relaxation with the wife hopefully. Here are the things I have been reading and listening […]
Weekly Reads and Listens – Generative AI
Happy Weekend everyone… This week I had a product call with co-founder of deal sourcing software Grata. He blew me away with the generative AI functionality that he is incorporating into the workflow. This finally pushed me over the edge into playing with Chat GPT-4. After buying the pro version I am already finding it […]
Q2 Deal Stats and Some Interesting Reads/Listens
I hope everyone had a Happy 4th! We had a family-packed weekend of parks, pizza, Disneyland, and meltdowns. Ah, the joys of parenting. Onward. We have been collecting data for our Q2 efforts at DWP and have found that we screened 157 new opportunities. That was up from 129 last quarter. We had a goal […]
