Now

Now

Inspired by the /now page movement, here’s what’s keeping me busy lately.

Updated February 2026.

Scalepath

Most of my time goes into Scalepath, the peer group community I run for small business owners. I’ve now talked to over a thousand business owners through this work, and the conversations keep getting more real. Lately I’ve noticed a tonal shift in our groups. More founders are dealing with cash crunches, fast growth that outpaces their capital, and the anxiety that comes with running a company when the market isn’t cooperating.

I also appeared on the HoldCo Builders Podcast to talk about what I’ve learned from those 2,000+ conversations with business owners. Working-capital traps, hiring discipline, burnout, and why some owners sell just a year or two after buying.

Meetups and Marketing

I’ve been running no-pitch business owner meetups across the Midwest and beyond. No sales pitches, no professional networkers. Just honest conversations with other operators. I hosted one in Atlanta recently that reminded me why I started doing this.

On the marketing side, I ran a $25,000 experiment creating AI-generated collectible cards for entrepreneurs. 121 unique designs, 250 decks, 12,500 cards total. It’s either going to make me look like a genius or a complete idiot. Time will tell.

Outside of Work

When I’m not running Scalepath or traveling for meetups, I’ve been thinking a lot about critical thinking in the age of AI and how the skills that matter most are the ones that can’t be automated: judgment, second-order thinking, and knowing what to do with all the information we now have access to.

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