01 Entrepreneur · Product builder · Writer
I’ve spent more than 40 years starting companies, building products, and learning what separates a promising idea from a successful one.
Perspective
My perspective comes from starting and financing companies, developing products, manufacturing across Asia, working with retailers, protecting intellectual property, and making the decisions that turn an idea into a business.
years as an entrepreneur and product builder
years developing and bringing products to market
years leading Alarm.com’s Design Studio
Selected work
Founded in the year Apple introduced the iPod. The company grew into a $40 million business serving Apple’s emerging ecosystem before its sale to Imation.
Founded companies developing iPhone-connected audio products, an early smart-home camera, and new ideas at the intersection of hardware and software.
Leading product development and exploring new product categories with a long view of how technology enters people’s lives.
What I examine
Leadership, product judgment, and what its decisions reveal.
What actually happens between the idea and the shelf.
Risk, execution, failure, and the cost of learning.
Capability, limits, and the transfer of human judgment to software.
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