There are maybe 10 early stage entrepreneurs in a room with the CEO of one of the biggest tech “startups” in the world. (Which company? Let’s just say, if I tweeted about this encounter, it would be very meta.) One of the entrepreneurs asks the CEO “how do you get your software engineers to reallyContinue reading “Learn to See the Matrix”
Author Archives: Sharon Schneider
August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025 Wake a bit before 7 and dismiss the alarm before it goes off. A quick body-weight workout in the basement followed by Greek Yogurt and some berries, sweetened by osmosis from the sugar in a mug of coffee. That one mug from the top of Pikes Peak, where they sell those freshContinue reading “August 18, 2025”
Philanthropy as Oligarchy
As frustrating as it can be, Democracy has accountability built in – ultimately through elections but also along the way through transparency, public comment, media scrutiny and rules of ethics. Philanthropy has virtually none of those guard rails except as willingly self-policed by the ultra-wealthy and their advisors. If a wealthy donor starts a privateContinue reading “Philanthropy as Oligarchy”
The Zen of Poker
I pass out in slow motion. No dramatic fainting for me. More like a slow descent into a tunnel. I can even describe it in real time to the people around me: “Oh, hey, my vision is staring to go black around the edges. And you sound farther and farther away. Now I can feelContinue reading “The Zen of Poker”
