It’s Sunday morning, and I’m cooking bacon for the children. It’s a snap. You line a big tray with parchment paper, and put the bacon on it. You pop it in the oven, turn the temp to 400 degrees, and walk away. 25 minutes later, you have bacon ready. It’s a cinch to clean up
Category: Personal
When There Is No Plan B
I had great heart-to-heart conversations this week with many of our portfolio company CEOs. The themes spanned a number of topics, but they all revolved around, more or less, “grit.” I’ve found that grit takes form in many shapes, depending on the person’s personality. For some, grit means getting angry. For others, it is about
The Boston Fire
A few days ago, I was in Cambridge for a board meeting. Across the river, we could see a building on fire, surrounded by fire trucks. As you may have read, two firefighters perished. This morning, I saw the Tweet below. I’m going to end this post here, out of respect for the dead and
Why I’m Limiting Facebook
I’m a huge fan of social media. It is fun to connect to new people and read curated content. But, I’ve decided that, over time, Facebook has become less relevant in my life. I hate saying that since my classmate Sheryl Sandberg is the COO, and I owe her for coming to speak in Boston,
Free Speech and Racism
I yesterday was pretty stunned to see a Facebook post making fun of Asians. As the comments and “likes” rolled in real-time, I frankly couldn’t believe it. But, after thinking about it, I’m going to assume that the author (someone from my high school class) meant it as a harmless joke. The topics which I’d like
Walking Down Memory Lane
My Mr. Mom role will end in a few days. I am here on a Saturday morning at a ballet school, where one of my children takes lessons. Lots of kids and adults in the waiting area. The latter are under-caffeinated. The former appear overly so. With an hour to kill, I went for a