by Chris Heivly | Jun 18, 2026 | My Thoughts
I’ve done remote work on and off for over 20 years. I enjoyed the ability to start work 5 minutes after my morning shower as well as the ability to turn on or off at a moment’s notice. In every case, I had the power to dictate those terms, which made it...
by Chris Heivly | Jun 11, 2026 | My Thoughts
I thoroughly enjoy writing this blog and have received so much feedback from you all over the years. Thank you for that, by the way. It’s what every writer yearns for. Over the past 12 years, I have written over 750 articles for my blog, INC magazine, and...
by Chris Heivly | May 21, 2026 | My Thoughts
[This originally ran at INC.com here and my own blog in 2013. I have updated this post for all the right reasons.] Some teams impress us by coming on strong. Some build their case slowly. But all the teams we invest in have certain things in common. At the time, I was...
by Chris Heivly | Jan 22, 2026 | My Thoughts
Whether we realize it or not, there are invisible systems pulsing through our startup communities. Some have been around for decades—legacy networks, cultural norms, old-school funding practices. Others? Brand new. They may have started just yesterday with a Slack...
by Chris Heivly | May 1, 2025 | My Thoughts
There is one core goal of our 100+ year old education factory: get as many students through the system as efficiently as possible. If you boil it down, the entire machine is built to reward those who can find the right answer the fastest. It’s a system optimized for...
by Chris Heivly | Dec 12, 2024 | My Thoughts
I posit that successful community building requires frictionless networking and frictionless networking requires a significant amount of individual trust among community members. If I boil it down to a basic foundational tenant, trust acts as the lubricant that...
