About
Serial has been and also ran. If at first you don't succeed, blow up again. Making, building, shipping since '91. Now write, mentor, teach and experiment with fastest ways of losing large amounts of cash without gambling, banking, trading, alcohol or wheels. Startups: Ed-Tech 1999. Risk-Tech 2003 - 2022. Incubators 2014-2023. A product focused personal history? Neural networks and microcode simulators in C, on AIX, '91. dBase Clipper '92. Back office systems '93. Delphi '95. Online Ed '99. B2B Exchanges '00. Insure-Tech '01 / '21. Treasury '03. Reg-Tech '04. Wiped out '08. Wiped out redux '12. Exit '13. Earnout '16. Empty Nester '22. Professor of Practice '23. Bragging rights. From a wheelchair to two half marathons in 37 months at age 46. 5 books, 4 continents, 1 cross border exit.
Work
Founder & Leadership at Alchemy Technologies
Interests
Maker History
- Craft. Ideas are easy, products hardWhat does it take to build a great product?Jul 2024
- Reboot. 3rd Ed. A founder story.From the days of BSoD. A time capsule from 1999.Jul 2024
- Founder Puzzles, Revised EditionBuilding better financial models for foundersNov 2020