I’ve blogged previously about the Myers-Briggs personality test (more here). It’s a framework that I use often, both at work and at home, and I’ve found it very helpful. In fact, of all the things I learned at business school, this is in the Top 3. I periodically Google my type, the ENTJ, to see
[Foodie Post]: Saturday Schmear
A favorite but episodic weekend ritual for me is to wake up early and buy bagels and challah for the family. So, breakfast is ready to go by the time everyone wakes up. I don’t know when I started to get into bagels, but I went through a phase in middle school during which I
On AngelList, Transparency Cuts Both Ways
I’m a big fan of AngelList, the crowd-funding platform. Great UI/UX, awesome cutting-edge philosophy and it is helping entrepreneurs overall. I don’t know Naval and Nivi, the founders, but I’ve only heard great things about them. As you may have read, the SEC has relaxed its rules on solicitation, and it is making for some
Square Cash: A Game Changer
I’ve written in the past about the commoditizing banking system. I mean, who really goes to a retail bank location anymore for most day-to-day needs? You can get cash at an ATM or “cash back” via debit card at the grocery store. You can deposit checks via a phone app. I think yesterday marks a
Jack Dorsey, A Young Billionaire
There’s a very good profile of Jack Dorsey in the recent New Yorker. If you use Twitter as a social media channel or use Square as a form of payment, you may know that he co-founded both. Forbes thinks he is America’s sixth-youngest billionaire. The writer does a really good job of chronicling his pre-fame
A Sports Day for the Ages
I love living in Boston, and one reason is the sports fanaticism. The whole city is abuzz this morning, it seems, after the Red Sox and Patriots came back to win yesterday. The Patriots beat New Orleans with five seconds left. The Red Sox have tied the ALCS at 1-1 in dramatic fashion. On sports radio