I lost $50,000, more or less, on a business started in my 20s. Hurt a lot. I’m now 4d-*ahem* and finding peace with success. Lessons learned along the way: 1. Always have income. Never quit a job or engagement until you’re confident of success. That bullshit some claim about focus…

We could not be more excited than we are today with the release of ongoing education through MediaTech Ventures; extending the education already changing lives through our incubators, to classes distinctly designed for the creative class, entrepreneurs, and the digital economy. What we’re releasing in created.mediatech.ventures, is a pioneering educational…

I want to put your head on a specific focus as we explore this question. In the last few weeks, I’ve tackled the question of an ideal team for a startup, sharing new research about personalities, been critical of expectations, and proposed that understanding and avoiding how startups fail is…

Just about a month ago, I ran at an assessment of a study conducted by Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, University of Technology Sydney, and the University of Melbourne, and since then, I’ve been fixated on how to practically apply the findings so that founders might start with a…

I’ve been exploring creative ways to put ChatGPT-4 to work; with SXSW around the corner, companies making plans and seeking where to allocate budgets, speakers preparing and looking for opportunities, and everyone exploring the schedule best suited to their goals, I was curious how AI would guide us through the…

In March this year, William Hurley’s work with quantum computing put $24M to work in the company he founded, Strangeworks, with investment from companies and venture capital firms — Hitachi Ventures, IBM, and Raytheon Technologies, and follow-on investment from seed investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, GreatPoint Ventures and Ecliptic Capital. It…

A recent study conducted by researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University of Melbourne examined data from over 21,000 startup founders, formally identifying six key startup founder personality types associated with success. Notably, the research indicates that the collective personalities…

So, the guy who chose and loves Austin has some thoughts about the potential of Houston. I had a chance to sit with Chris Howard during their interview series when in Austin, for Forging the Future through Softeq, where we talked about how culture and distinction draws entrepreneurship, tech, and…

My world is almost entirely online; from my written works to the majority of MediaTech Ventures’ focus, the internet changed everything about our world but in doing that, created confusion about what it means to be an entrepreneur, how we define a startup, and wherein we find the heroes of…