TOPPING THE LIST FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW: The Fury by Anduril The Fury by Anduril I get it, this is a big ask, so I’ve assembled a few reasons to help Anduril justify this deeply meaningful gift to me. As follows: Holiday Spirit with a Twist: Christmas is about unexpected gifts,…
An actual photo of me overthinking a terrible investment. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill 30 years of scars and ∞ WTFs. We all screw up; I just do it more often, and I wear those scars like medals. Take DealBench, for example. I snagged it out…
“Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve.” Alex Katz I have exactly zero idea if Alex Katz knows anything about early-stage investing. But his sentiment should resonate within the startup ecosystem., “Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve.”. Simplicity is hard and it’s hard to describe, but I know it when I…
While searching for the art for a post about female founders I stumbled into a treasure trove. Of course, my first image search was Helen Frankenthaler because, of course, Helen Frankenthaler. While I love her paintings, none of the images evoked the message I was attempting to convey. Then I googled, female pop artists: Mind…
“If it weren’t for customers and employees, I would love my job.” Okay, I said it but I never really believed it. I set out to write a thought piece on all the people that revolved through the Atlas doors in Houston, Chicago, Kansas City and Calgary. The only deep thought I could really come…
Atlas Commodity Markets, LLC Founded: September 2008 Original Founders: Mike Bridges, Bob Shults, Chris Yarrow, Kenneth Frieden Business Model: Introducing Broker (Educational Video) Let’s get this out of the way up front. I do not care if you like the name Atlas or not. Atlas Acquisitions, Inc. was formed to acquire DealBench. In the three…
DealBench was a wholly owned entity of Enron Corp. Enron Corp was a Fortune 100 company with global presence and had been named by Fortune magazine as the most innovative company in America for six years, from 1995 through 2000. You know how that ended. The last days of Enron made the opportunity available. If…