What I do

These are some of the projects I’ve started recently. What I “do” is a bit of a moving target, but the overarching idea is that I like to continue to learn and create. Create businesses. Create communities where people feel safe to live the ideas they’ve dreamt about. Share ideas that I feel are important, connect with people I find interesting. My goal in life is to leave the world just a bit better than I found it. Still working on that, and hope to continue for a while.

How we work: A podcast about interesting people and the work they do. How they create uncommon paths through their interests and loves. A kind of how-to guide on living a unique life.

My real focus right now is the podcast. Excited to have good talks and learn with all the fascinating people I’ll meet. It’s a personal project I’ve been wanting to start for a long time. Over the years I’ve been so focused on my projects, how to keep myself and my businesses afloat has been all consuming (and fun!). Now I want to see how other people do it. How do they keep going, what creative solutions do they find that I never would have thought of? This isn’t a podcast about interviewing famous tech ceo’s, but regular people who have created special and unique ways in the world. I hope you’ll check it out!

Given: A platform where people down on their luck, or just struggling to make ends meet, can post small items they need (like diapers for their newborn), which are then purchased by patrons in our community and shipped directly to their house. 

Fridays at Four: A platform for connecting creative people with other creatives to be accountability buddies. Several plays and books have been created through the connections so far. 

forageSF: An organization I founded that offers classes on all things wild foraged and edible. Seaweed, mushrooms, clams, plants, seaweeds. We offer classes all over Northern California. Its a lot of fun.
Some recent press on that project: here and here

Circle Space: A small business that teaches people the how-to and benefits of microdosing with psilocybin. Started this after my experience with microdosing helped me with anxiety and depression during covid.