Month: December 2009

“Mr. Williams?” said the man, inquisitively. We were seated across from each other in a sparse conference room. The kind that shouts ‘start-up’ in the 21st century. The man’s name was Jonas Feickart and he was the CEO of Steam 21 LLC. “Yes,” I answered politely. I wasn’t sure why there was a question –… Continue reading Day #2: Steam 21 LLC

“Karbala can get mighty hot.” The speaker had a thick German accent. That was the just about the stupidest thing I’d ever heard anybody say. Of course Karbala gets hot, it’s in the middle of Iraq. But I just nodded appreciatively. The guy may have been an idiot, but he had something I wanted. “I… Continue reading Day #1: Tehran

I’m a busy guy. I’ve got four kids under 3 (including triplets). I’ve got a full-time job. And I’m working on a few pretty cool projects on the side. I have a few skills. I’m decent with numbers (I work in finance, kinda). I think I’m a pretty good dad. And I’m good at modeling… Continue reading Creative Muscles