After I published my first novel in 2021, I decided to record the music that got me on the path of writing in the first place.  I had a song.Made the beat.Wrote down the lyrics. I practiced it over and over. Deep down I feared doing the recording. Tick..Tock…It went from evening to night in […]

“Building isn’t the problem, knowing the right thing to build is.” That’s a quote from a founder I spoke to recently. He elaborated: “we have challenges of getting the right users. If we can get them, then we can get feedback to build the right solution for them.” Most businesses focus on their product, latest […]

You can shape your future with clarity. You just have to be willing to take little bets. Recently, I’ve been speaking to a lot of founders and growth leaders at AI companies. The space is moving so quickly. There’s a new change every 2 months. Just when I was getting comfortable with Claude Code, I’m […]

I was in the midst of a career transition last year. Speaking to a few mentors and friends, I gained some clarity as I decided where I wanted to work and with whom. It all seemed clear to me. Between my technical, go-to-market, and strategic communication skills. I knew I could bring value to founders […]

This is a bonus of a 7-letter series about creating more opportunities in life and business. The best entrepreneurs and sales people fill their pipeline with decisive leads. In my first business, I’d wake up early in the morning, look at my calendar filled with sales calls I had worked hard to land. I’ll give […]

This is part 7 of a 7-letter series about creating more opportunities in life and business. Turn strangers to leads to friends. Recently, a friend sent me an email asking if I was interested in an advisory role at a company he once worked for. I said sure. He connected me by email, I interviewed, […]

This is part 5 of a 7-letter series about creating more opportunities in life and business. “Your LinkedIn has been restricted.” That’s the message I got a few years ago after a few attempts to log in. All I got was a blank white screen. My sister had texted me asking “are you still on […]

This is part 5 of a 7-part series on how to share expertise to attract and create opportunities in life and business. It was Fall 2022. I had just created my first NFT collection – 405 digital tokens to match the number of pages in my award-winning book, Toffy’s Divide. I created the art, wrote […]

This is part 3 of a 7-part series on how to share expertise to attract and create opportunities in life and business. When I wrote my first blog, I had one goal – rank high for search terms related to my business in 2016. I hardly got an organic lead that came to my website […]

This is part 2 of a 7-letter series about creating more opportunities in life and business. I’m doing this because I learned about building a business online the hard way. It started with my first business. I tinkered around with an app for almost a year. I paid a developer and a designer. We worked […]