Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. In 1791, Giuseppe Ceracchi, an Italian sculptor arrived in America. It was a trip that would end up...

From 37signals Communication Guide It’s hard to do deep work when you are constantly being interrupted. One of the ironies of the modern office is we’ve created instant messaging systems such as Slack to drive efficiency, but they end up causing...

Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. I snapped a random photo leaving the afterparty of the OOO Summit for entrepreneurs. Only later did I...

Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. In 1994, Paul Addison joined Bloomberg in Tokyo and was soon tasked with managing a plan to compete...

Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. I’m in Mexico, visiting the place I began my career 35 years ago. My first job after college was as...

Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. Willie Morgan has been gardening in Harlem for more than five decades. He currently manages a community...

Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. I asked half a dozen large language models: “Who is Ted Merz?” and the results were instructive. Last week,...

I met up with StockStory Founder Adam Hejl 👋 at the Eska Bakery in the Karlin section of Prague. I had the scrambled eggs with onion and chives. He had the poached egg with fermented wheat and mushrooms. Karlin has become the destination for the...

Photo from Jared Kubin Sign up to receive Surface Area or follow me on Linkedin or Twitter. Book a meeting here to talk about ghostwriting from my agency, Principals Media. In the early years, Bloomberg LP faced a challenge common to new businesses: how...

Successful startups struggle to cope with growth. Bloomberg LP was no exception. Stuart Bell, the company’s first salesperson, shared with me a story that captures a sense of that drama and urgency and helps explain Mike Bloomberg’s success. The tale...