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It’s been one year since the acquisition of data.world was announced by ServiceNow on 5/7/2025, and I’ve been really busy building Love Conquers Fear alongside a terrific team ever since the transaction closed two months later on 7/7.

Our family trip to Bhutan at the end of 2025 was an amazing communal and spiritual experience 2025 was a truly incredible year of growth.

Jeremiah Owyang at TED AI in San Francisco presenting his chart of AI Native SaaS startups as calculated by a mind-blowing comparison of Revenue Per Employee (RPE) The question, excitedly posed in October, now lingers beyond this year’s TED AI Conference…

Last weekend started with a provocative share from Joshua Baer, CEO and co-founder of Capital Factory, to Mark Gober, author of some of my favorite books, and me about how whales dream.

I continue to have fun with this short story series, building on the first, God’s Final Exam, and the second, God’s Creative Power.

I decided to write a follow up to my short story, God’s Final Exam, to continue the journey with my protagonist, Dr.

As I approach the launch of my podcast, Love Conquers Fear, I had a fun brainstorm yesterday.

Dear family and friends, I’m writing this letter from Cochin, Kerala in India, where I’m about to depart on the long journey back to Austin.

To paraphrase that zeitgeist-capturing insight of novelist William Gibson, data.world’s most important innovation, our AI Context Engine(tm), will diffuse the future of data-driven insight in ways that will transform our industry — and yours too.

Dear family and friends, I’m writing this end-of-year letter on the way back from Costa Rica, where we had a great family vacation to close out 2023.

I’ve been writing a lot this year but have been neglecting my own blog here on Lucky7.

I’ll give the benefit of doubt to the new University of Austin (UATX), which can bring together a young MAGA Republican and a student activist in Black Lives Matter and help them listen to one another, politely debate, and even find a bit of common ground.

And the spell of wizardry, an enchanting but false mythology of leaders beguiling us, is the real culprit we together should be focused on in 2023.

Dear family and friends, As we have in prior years, we are sending this end-of-year letter instead of mailing holiday cards.

I'm very proud to announce that my book, "The Entrepreneur's Essentials", is now available on Amazon, including Prime.

Note: I originally wrote this on Medium on Jan. 17, 2021.

Dear fellow tech CEOs and leaders, I’m writing to you on this chilly Sunday in Austin because 2020 was a truly eye-opening year for me as a long-time tech entrepreneur and CEO.

Last week was a very busy one for me for writing and reflecting.

Our son has spent 1.8% of his life hours to date playing Terraria (probably 15% of his life overall on gaming and programming).

I woke up early this morning and the first news I read was of Tony Hsieh’s passing last night.