Ray Brimble
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The exchange of Wampum represents an honoring of another person, a spiritual exchange that goes beyond mere transaction…
I have only seen and been in C-suites a few times in my life, often only to visit. Enormous, impressive offices — usually occupied by somebody yelling at somebody else on the phone and barking orders at the people waiting just outside their door. But Z-suites? I’m pretty familiar with those…
“In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band: physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the “Mind of God” is cosmic music resonating in 11 dimensional hyperspace.”
I have only seen and been in C-suites a few times in my life, often only to visit. Enormous, impressive offices — usually occupied by somebody yelling at somebody else on the phone and barking orders at the people waiting just outside their door. But Z-suites? I’m pretty familiar with those…
We cannot always envision the final outcomes of any given project, even if we might be able to project the most likely outcomes. Outcomes are funny like that: they don't always cooperate with “likelihoods”. Welcome to Austin, and have a great SXSW!
It's not exactly true that you are either passing or being passed. Or either running away or running toward. Sometimes you’re just running.
I’ve travelled maybe 5 million miles in my lifetime: to the moon and back 20 times. But what does it all mean? What is distance, anyway?
A new year, 2026, is upon us. We are almost all in the business of predicting the future, but just what IS the allure of prediction? Do we think that if we can know the future, we can control the future?
Did I mention that this essay is about starting new enterprises? While it is possible to build your unique sales proposition around chicken eggs, what if you were able to hatch something new and different, by changing it up a bit?
This is about Shark Tank- the TV show. Lots of people equate starting and investing in businesses to Shark Tank. It's the gold standard. The north star. The bee's knees. Any other superlatives you can think of.
The first leg of what would become a life of many wonderful journeys, both mentally and physically, started here. Right where you are now: The University of Texas at Austin.
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