Archive - Taking Punches

Investor rejections are the easy part

heartbreak with a two week notice

Feb 23, 2022 •

January 2022

2015-2020 was a boring time to build startups

I hope we never go back

Jan 25, 2022 •

December 2021

How to go from being a super hot company to lucky to get acquired in less than 24 months

Hitting product market fit in a startup is an amazing feeling. In 2011 and 2012 it felt like Klout was on top of the world. Almost every day was our…

Dec 15, 2021 •

Lessons in Failure

Sometimes in startups the biggest failures can look a lot like successes

Dec 8, 2021 •

July 2020

Might write some stuff..

If I can get my shit together

Jul 4, 2020

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