This post is a simple one. I wanted to take a moment to share what we believe when it comes to the science behind Climate Change and Energy Transition over here at Ecliptic Capital. I hope you will find the “why” we invest below to be simple, easy to understand…

A couple of weeks ago I was honored to be a guest on the Austin Next Podcast with Michael Scharf. This fantastic up-and-coming Podcast here in Austin features a ton of great content about the startup ecosystem in Central Texas and occasionally beyond. In that week’s episode we had a…

“I don’t want to fill out one more hourly client timesheet. Ever. Or spend weeks traveling back and forth to Rockford, Michigan, in the snow.” I'm pretty sure you are NOT supposed to frame goals negatively, even in early Jan…. but that’s exactly what I was thinking about as I…

Trust me. I get it. The finance industry is not known for many fun things over the past twenty years. That said Venture Capital, which traces its roots back to 1946, can be an exhilarating and exciting world. …

As many of you know, a job change can be scary or exciting. Amplify that excitement and that sense of fear and you have a career change. And that’s exactly what I am about to tackle, a wholesale career change into finance. Coming out of a short sabbatical, the next…

For those of you not familiar (I was not) a sabbatical can come in many forms. My last job offered a Leave of Absence (LOA) where you could take three months off without pay but they picked up the healthcare bill. …

The last week of July 2022 was my final week at Accenture. And my last week in the consulting world. Here’s some of what I learned over the past 13 years. I can say that in my entire consulting/agency career the folks at both Clearhead and Accenture have been some…

As human beings, we are hardwired to act. Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert argues that humans are exquisitely adapted to respond to immediate problems, such as terrorism, but not so good at more probable, but distant dangers, such as global warming. As a leader, you are continually faced with immediate problems…

Two and half years ago, as I was just starting my investing journey by investing in ONLY shampoo and conditioner, I got a fantastic email in my inbox. It was from a nonprofit that I had supported for the last ten or so years and benefited from when I founded…