A snapshot of what I'm building, selling, and writing this month, from Austin, Texas.
This is my now page. It's the stuff that's front of mind for me right now.
Updated June 2026 from Austin, Texas.
Building the AI Implementation Club
This is the thing I'm most fired up about. I started the AI Implementation Club in March 2026 because I noticed something in myself first: I had 66 AI tools bookmarked and had built almost nothing. I didn't have an information problem. I had a doing problem.
So the club is the opposite of most AI events. No slides, no panels, no theory. Every Sunday a room full of founders and operators shows up in downtown Austin, picks one AI thing they actually want to build, and builds it. You leave with something real instead of seventeen new tabs.
We just launched a weekly virtual version too, so you don't have to be in Texas to join. Watching this community grow in real time, right as in-person clubs are having a moment, has been one of the best parts of my year.
Helping founders get exit-ready
My day job is still The Magnolia Firm, the boutique M&A advisory I founded in 2021. We sell remote-operable digital businesses for their founders, and a big part of my work is helping people get exit-ready long before they actually sell.
Lately a lot of that is about AI. When you build AI into how a company runs, buyers pay more for it. That overlap between exits and AI is where most of my head is these days. If you've ever wondered why three different buyers will offer three different prices for the same business, that's the kind of thing I spend my days on.
Writing it all down
I've been publishing more, mostly the honest, behind-the-scenes version of building all of this. Recent pieces include why I started the AI Implementation Club and why three buyers will offer three different prices for the same business. I write the way I talk: talk less, build more.
Life in Austin
I'm originally from San Diego, spent almost two years in Dubai and a stretch in Amsterdam, and now I call Austin home. It's a good fit for where my work is going. Coding my first GeoCities site in the 90s made me feel like a kid, and AI is making me feel like that again.
Want to talk exits, AI, or building something that holds both? Reach out here.