I had a great time with my colleague Vu Pham on the Sub Club podcast. We talk all things Zero Fasting, including how we scaled from a beloved free app with millions of users to a paid subscription, the role of content in differentiation and democratizing health through our suite of apps. Check it out […]
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How to Do a Five-Day Food and Tech Fast
Disclaimer: I’m the chief business officer at Big Sky Health, makers of the fast tracking app, Zero. Five days with no food. No technology. No people. Think you can do it? Since 2015, I have escaped the hustle of the city for a multi-day, year-end nature retreat. I am often asked questions about these self-guided […]
Introducing Feedback Loop
A key element in all that I do is continuous growth. That isn’t just looking into the future, but looking into yourself. One problem I have noticed is how few people receive actionable feedback from friends and peers. It can be hard to ask for feedback outside a structured work environment. The Digital Future / RLTYCHK team […]
Digital Future Friday: Issue 1
Welcome to the first issue of Digital Future Friday! Here you’ll discover specialty, curated content related to technology, internet culture and our digital future.
Use These 3 Lessons From the Past to Create the Future of VR
My latest article for UploadVR is live! I distill lessons from some of histories best designers and media thinkers that can be applied to these early days of virtual reality. Creating for a new medium, which is still in the midst of discovering itself, can be challenging. Luckily, we have history to help guide us. Designers […]
Doing the Impossible: From Idea to Demoing at the Game Developers Conference
In my latest article for Upload VR I explain how we went from an idea to working game that Valve brought on to demo at the Game Developers Conference. There’s beauty in the chaos of a startup’s early days when the team decides to roll the dice. For virtual reality entrepreneurs there are some amazing […]
Spilling all the Quest Marketing Secrets – Interview on Growth Everywhere
I had a great time on Eric Siu’s Growth Everywhere show. See embed below for the full episode. Eric knows the space better than most, so he asks great questions and surfaces a lot of actionable advice. We cover content creation, hiring, culture, SEO, the media mix and more! Pro Tip: Playback at 2x speed. It […]
The Quest Origin Story – Video
Watch how Quest went from an impossible dream to the food company loved by millions.
Playlist Live
I had a great time at Playlist Live and joining their business panel with guests Shay Butler, ShayCarl / Shaytards; Chrystina Woody, VP of Communications, StyleHaul; Will Keenan, President, Endemol Beyond; Jonathan Weilbaecher, VP of Optimization and Content Strategy, Collective Digital Studio; Adam Klaff, Head of Business, Development, VHX; Ali Adab, VP Content & Partnerships, BroadbandTV. […]
Secrets from the Back of the Box
It was late 2012. If Quest was a child it would have been at the peak of the awkward puberty stage; A middle schooler who just returned home from the dentist with a full set of braces. Quest was becoming something special, but it wasn’t fully formed. Case in point: the back of the box […]