Popular Writing (full list here)

- Luck by Design: The Science and Serendipity of a Well-Lived life
How do smart people create dumb luck?

- MBA: Worth it? Useless? How decide if you should go to business school
The no b.s. guide to b-school.

- Why I quit caffeine
My experience quitting caffeine cold turkey for 45 days.

- My failed attempt at the 4-hour workweek
I tried to retire on a beach at 23. It didn’t work.

- The fastest way to learn a new language
The secret I learned to speak fluent Portuguese.

- How to give presentations that don’t suck
Stop giving PowerPointless presentations.

Things I’m Building

- Transcend Software
Co-founded a generative design company in 2019 focused on engineering automation for water infrastructure. We’ve helped over 200M people obtain clean water through the use of our software and have raised over 30M in top-tier VC funding, including industry titan Autodesk.

- At Water’s Edge
Monthly newsletter talking about the intersection of water & technology in an entertaining way, reaching over 3,900 people.

- Water We Talking About
Bi-weekly podcast with the water industry’s top story tellers, reaching over 50,000 people.

Things About Me

- Water geek
My water predictions have been viewed ~1.2M times (and counting)

- Entrepreneur
Founded and ran a venture backed water robotics startup until it was acquired by a publicly traded company.

- Public Speaker
I’ve been a featured guest and speaker for the nation’s leading water podcasts and conferences.

- Volunteer
I like spending time working with incarcerated persons in prisons and fishing with my little brother.