Or, Why The Future of Men’s Skincare Depends on Women’s Leadership — After a fruitful career in the world of bitcoin and blockchain technology, I decided in late 2018 to do something radical: start a men’s skincare business, MadeMan. To say that I miscalculated the challenge of launching a successful direct-to-consumer, e-commerce men’s cosmetic brand would be a serious understatement. Selling skincare…

My first thirty years on this planet have been a storied, turbulent roller coaster ride. I’ve made more mistakes than I’ve made good decisions. I’ve failed far more than I’ve succeeded. I’ve been wrong more than I’ve been right. …

Collecting Wisdom from Men, for Men, Everywhere. — No one, myself included, expected me to start a men’s skincare company. Even once I identified a massive opportunity after speaking to dozens of men, I had to assess whether such a venture could make the world better in some way (a primary metric I use for all my investments…

To say I spend a lot of time thinking about turning thirty is an understatement. The multitude of emotions brought on by reflecting on three decades of life lived is overwhelming. I spent the vast majority of my life operating under the assumption I would die young. There was a…

I never cared much about my skin. I was never taught to take care of it, and even though adolescent acne was embarrassing, I assumed I’d grow out of it. Unfortunately, nearly a decade has passed since I was a teenager, and I have learned that bad habits = bad…

My Perspective on the State of our Union The son of a history professor and a documentarian who studied folklore in college, I’ve always been enamored by tales of the past. Charismatic leaders, revolutionaries, and innovators have been my greatest inspirations. Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Benjamin Franklin were these…

I’ve never enjoyed reality television. It’s vain, narcissistic, and shallow. Yet, always the optimist, I believed that I could create a new form of “unscripted television” : something thoughtful and educational, which provided unparalleled insight into the world of entrepreneurship, blockchain technology, and startup investing. …

It wasn’t long after the first few articles came out about the San Francisco home we had rented for my first startup, and I had jokingly dubbed the “Crypto Castle,” did reality television producers start knocking. At that point in time (circa 2016), Bitcoin and blockchain technology were hardly…

My trick for never getting tired — Rarely a day goes by without someone asking me how I have so much energy. Between regularly flying around the world, building companies, logging hundred-hour work weeks, and a strong inclination towards partying, it’s not unreasonable to assume that I should be exhausted. But I’m not. To a certain extent…