“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I asked my daughter who was 6 or 7 years old at the time. She enthusiastically replied, “A YouTuber!” “Is that a real job?” I silently asked myself. This conversation occurred roughly 5 years ago. I was initially surprised by…

The fintech industry is one of the most significant sectors of technology. No matter who a person is or what socioeconomic demographic they fall into, at some point in their life they have or will use some tool or service related to fintech. The fintech category includes a plethora of…

On July 26, 2006, I wrote an email to my wife with a list of goals I wanted to accomplish before I turned 45 years old. Over the years I have frequently revisited these goals to keep them top of mind and to gauge my progression toward achieving them. The…

Braintrust is a decentralized talent network that helps companies and talent find each other in a faster and more economical manner. The network is controlled and self-governed by network participants who earn Braintrust tokens (BTRST) by introducing and onboarding clients (demand) and talent (supply) to the network. Network participants (i.e…

One of the hardest challenges of building a business is achieving scalability. Scalability by definition is the ability of something, especially a computer system, to adapt to increased demands. For a system to reach scale the operational mechanics must be structured such that most all repeatable tasks can be automated…

When I talk with friends and family about how blockchain technology is used for more than just buying or selling cryptocurrency, the usual response is a long silence followed by a blank stare of disinterest. To a certain extent I don’t blame them because the truth is, most people don’t…

Today I went through the exercise of writing/coding a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain. The programming language used to write the code is called Solidity which feels a lot like C++, but obviously way better. I am not a programmer nor am I trying to be, but I came…

If you’re a business owner and you sell products or services around the world, one of the problems you’ve likely encountered is getting paid in a timely manner. In today’s society, same day settlements are rare and usually take between 2–5 business days to process. For well-capitalized companies, waiting for…

I was in the car with my teenage son this week when he randomly asked me “what is web3.0?” …