North Labs

I call myself a method scholar (borrowed from method acting ), in that I spend my time immersed in a specific discipline or lifestyle for a predetermined period of time. In the past few years, you could have caught me running product for a small health tech startup, living as an itinerary-free vagabond traveling for months on end, day trading multi... -leg derivatives, reading countless books on ancient Stoic philosophy, or in an airport en route to a client health system. I've found that this deliberate, multi-disciplinary approach to life facilitates authentic, solution-oriented thinking and a deep sense of understanding-driven empathy. In my work , I see through the eyes of an idealist but act with the discipline of a pragmatist. Barriers become catalysts that empower me to solve otherwise unarticulated problems. I like working on projects that have a well-defined purpose and a mission worthy of putting countless hours into achieving them. In 2016, I co-founded The Stoic Fellowship , a multinational 501(c)(3) nonprofit that seeks to build, connect, and foster communities of people interested in an ancient Greek philosophy known as Stoicism . To date, we've helped build communities in over 75 cities spanning every continent. I serve as President and board member. I founded Compass Foundry with a desire to help early stage entrepreneurs bootstrap profitable tech businesses with as little resistance as possible. The unfortunate first step for many founders today is to hire a dev shop to build a largely unvetted idea for $50K+ or give away half their equity to hire a technical co-founder who may or may not share their passion for the idea. I figured there had to be a better way. Compass Foundry offers early stage founders an alternative. With Compass Consult, founders meet with a product expert to determine the most efficient way to test market assumptions, find early customers, and talk to potential users to make sure they build the right thing. With Compass Create, founders can work with a team of software ...Read More