From the Field Blog

Earlier this month I did something I would not have said yes to if anyone had told me what was actually in it. I drove to the GoRuck HQ in Jacksonville Beach, FL with my two nephews — Andrew and Adam, both twenty-somethings — and their good friend Parker, and we did Ruckapalooza. GORUCK's twenty-four-hour, six-part endurance gauntlet. Rucksacks on. Beach sand in your shoes. Sleep, theoretically.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about cofounders. Who you start with — whether you start with anyone at all — and what happens when a partnership has to grow up alongside the company you're building.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about exits. Before mine, I thought about them the way most founders do — as the finish line. The moment when everything gets resolved, when the hard work pays off, when you finally get to exhale.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about exits. Before mine, I thought about them the way most founders do — as the finish line. The moment when everything gets resolved, when the hard work pays off, when you finally get to exhale.

Five old friends go to Japan and rediscover what's important.

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