Jefferies CEO Rich Handler is out with his annual list of suggestions for how to succeed at the firm in particular and life in general.  “What You Need to Know as a Summer Intern” is a list of 20 recommendations for how to get the most out of a few...

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...

It’s possible to travel fast and light. My perspective on when and where and how to travel is being influenced by two influencers.  Jeremy Maluf and Kevin Droniak are two New York City-based content creators who document their adventures on Instagram....

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. Business Insider dropped a bombshell this week when it said it would lay off more than a fifth of...

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. There’s a Memorial Day parade every year in the beach town where my parents live.  I didn’t make it...

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 spent an evening last week in the basement of The Whiskey Cellar, a bar in the East Village, listening...

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. There’s a house on Manhattan Avenue that used to sport a spectacular bright red door.  It stood out...

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. Visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art was one of the few pleasures of the Covid era. It’s unlikely...

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 met up with Paul Traub, a former bankruptcy lawyer and now consultant and entrepreneur, at the...

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. Few people are as quotable as Warren Buffett. I attended the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting this...