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An Extraordinary Experience

Reflections on seven years at Common and life lessons learned

Memorial Day Remembrance

Honoring all who served

40th Wedding Anniversary

Celebrating 40 years together

41st Wedding Anniversary

Celebrating 41 years together

Being a Caregiver to Your Life's Partner

Supporting through Parkinson's Disease

Meeting My Father for the First Time—At Age 60

A journey sixty years in the making

What Have We Done?

Generational responsibility

Work, Life and Fatherhood

One rule I never broke

The Importance of Mentorship

Professional guidance and personal support

Business & Finance

As Unbelievable As It First Appeared

Analysis of Silicon Valley Bank's failure

Asking Our Children

A reflection on fiscal responsibility

Cap Rates and Growth - What the Heck is Going On?

Real estate valuation fundamentals

Understanding Cap Rates

Guest post for Thesis Driven

Being CFO at a VC-Backed Startup - Part 1

Early learnings and growth imperatives

Being CFO at a VC-Backed Startup - Part 2

Building the finance function

Being CFO at a VC-Backed Startup - Part 3

The hard part: metrics and value creation

The Cost of Equity Capital

Paradox, Enigma or Student Nightmare

The Debt We Refuse to Face

America's fiscal crisis

When Finance Theory Meets Leaking Roofs

The gap between theory and reality

The Perils of Relying Solely on IRR

Understanding IRR limitations

REITs and the Economics of Real Estate

What public REITs reveal about investing

Managing Stock Option Grants at a Startup

ISOs, NSOs, and AMT explained

Team Sports, the Military and Work

Lessons in collaboration and excellence

The Walmart Effect

How We Hollowed Out the American Heartland