Incentives. You can plaster values on the wall, but your team watches who gets promoted and who gets fired. If you preach ‘integrity’ but reward

My fondest memory is the first time we closed the books without heroics. Early on, reporting meant chaos, late nights, and stress. After spending a

Early in my career we pushed an ERP module live because the timeline said so. Acceptance criteria were fuzzy, owners were vague, and we kept

Launching a small, evergreen investment partnership that backs unsexy compounding businesses. I’ve written and invested for years, but I haven’t formalized it into a vehicle

Twenty years out, the job title matters less; the work is clearer. I’m an owner-operator of my time: a handful of boards where I’m the

The people and the problems. I get to work with smart, decent teammates and founders who let me tell the truth in plain language. I’m

I’ll interpret “clients” as the stakeholders I serve (founders I advise, CFOs, auditors). Three things we share: Reality > rhetoric. We care about cash, unit

Usually it’s a gentle tug-of-war between speed and rigor. I lean toward clean definitions and numbers; founders and operators often want to move now and

A perfect day isn’t about itinerary; it’s about texture. Time feels spacious, not rushed. I do one thing that matters and do it well. I

I help small companies make money make sense. In a week, we set up a two-number dashboard—how much cash you have and the one lever