Navigating the end of the longest bull market for transitioning veterans About 250,000 service members transition to civilian life each year. I transitioned from active duty to the “civilian” job market over a decade ago. Since then, I’ve been involved with veteran hiring initiatives across many companies: Ernst & Young…

Top three gaming takeaways from the spectacle and fire hazard that was NFT.NYC — Last week, throngs of people descended upon NYC to attend NFT.NYC, the largest NFT conference. The best word to describe the experience is “spectacle.” It was difficult to even walk around (or leave) the conference as mobs of people still very interested in NFTs roamed around for free mints, swag…

Building the largest and most retentive web3 sports player base — Two weeks ago, I shared that I was working on a game on the Flow blockchain. The IP is Ballerz, a 10k generative, basketball-themed NFT project. Sports NFTs have the ability to broaden to a mainstream audience and Flow is becoming THE blockchain for sports NFTS (NBA Top Shot, NFL…

Building the intersection between the metaverse, web3, and gaming — I recently started Jogo Labs, a venture studio, to build the intersection between the metaverse, web3, and gaming. It is understandable that some may think that this is an incredibly stupid time to focus one’s time and energy on anything metaverse/web3 + gaming related. After all, most gamers, professional game…

Sharing some stories and the names of people who helped me in the 2010’s — Looking back at the past decade, I’m awed at just how lucky I was especially on the career front. …

San Gabriel Mountains — Mt. San Antonio (Mount Baldy) is the highest peak in Los Angeles. It’s the most difficult hike I’ve done in the greater Los Angeles region so far due to the elevation gain (~4,000 feet) over the distance (11 miles). That being said, I’ve seen kids, teenagers, seniors, and a double-amputee…

Santa Monica Mountains — Sandstone Peak is the highest point in the Santa Monica Mountains. There are two paths to Sandstone Peak, a 3 mile strenuous trail (Backbone Trail) with high elevation gains and a 6 mile moderate trail (Mishe Mokwa Trail). You can park at the Sandstone Peak Trailhead Parking to take either…

Santa Monica Mountains — This is by far my favorite hike in Malibu — the views, the effort required (it’s not steep, but it’s a persistent incline throughout most of the hike), and frankly, the views again. The official 7.3 mile hike starts down by a parking lot right next to a Mormon church…

Cleveland National Forest — Three Sisters Waterfalls Trail is a 4.7 mile trail located in Cleveland National Forest. The trailhead is accurate on Google Maps. There is a parking lot which was locked when I did this hike because of the government shutdown. I also called ahead to see if I needed an Adventure…