Because folks are issuing grand new year proclamations, I want to provide a subtle reminder of how big things ACTUALLY happen. We’ve been asked how we managed to build a large concrete skatepark in the middle of Portland, without formal permission, and therefore: illegally. The answer: one bag at a…

The other day I shared something about how a “one bag at a time” execution methodology helps accomplish a large endeavor through a dogged, bite-size commitment to execution. The example of “one bag at a time” referred to 90-pound bags of cement, used one at a time to build a…

In 2017 Bitnation received an award previously given to Twitter, Spotify, and Siri, which is massive considering that at the time; the company didn’t even have an app. And without having delivered an app, Bitnation received massive media attention from BBC, Forbes, Russia Today (RT), The Economist, The Telegraph, Bloomberg…

“It’s best to be first to market, but there’s such a thing as too early.” In which case the first to market entrant has the option to tread water, as inexpensively as possible, allowing them to hold their position, while ideally positioning themselves to succeed for the market opportunity as…

The following poem is set at the base of the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” For a…

“But Kent there was something wrong with you” Yeah, we had a miscarriage, and then the twins were born, but the youngest one almost died, and then their mom got postpartum depression real real bad. And before you know it I was pulling a ton of hours within a career…

Weird shit happens when people die, you know? Families rip themselves apart fighting over stuff, and it’s weird, of course I’m not much of a “stuff” person in the first place. Same with money. Maybe this is why I don’t care much for it. I’ve learned that most people won’t…

An idea achieves a state of transcendence when it escapes the confines of a person’s mind and lodges itself within the imagination of another. A joke is a great example, and this transcendent process happens all of the time: think about how many times you heard a funny joke, and…

Think about a time when you shared an idea with someone, and you knew that idea was great, but they extinguished your enthusiasm by saying “just make sure you get paid.” How many great ideas have died this way? Sometimes (most times?) a great idea cannot evolve to the point…