They say that life can only be understood backwards but it has to be lived forwards. — Who are they? I don’t know but I think they are on to something. Now that I have started saying, “No” to opportunities, I realize that major changes in my life have occurred because I said, “No,” when everyone assumed I would say “Yes”. I said “No” to the Olympics I had won the world championships…

What a long, strange trip it’s been As long as I can remember, I have said, “Yes” to every opportunity to make my life better. I was attending college full time while working full time while running the mile, two-mile and two-mile relay on my college track team and winning the collegiate national judo championships, senior national…

Recently, I was asked if we would ever consider raising capital for 7 Generation Games via a community round. My answer was that I had not considered it — but now that the subject had been raised, I was interested in learning more. I mean, learning is literally the foundational…

I believe most people are interesting and the surest way to prove it is to ask someone what they would like more of the world to know. This usually brings up issues that are near to their heart. A promoter for mixed martial arts fighters said he wanted more young…

One of our first investors told me, “The one guarantee I can make about a startup is that the company you end up with is not going to be what you envisioned when you started out.” Wise man, as evidenced by the fact that he invested in two of our…

It’s been a while since I was getting settled in Chile. If you didn’t know I was in Santiago setting up what we fondly refer to as 7 Generation Games South, then clearly you don’t follow closely enough on social media. You can find THIRTEEN 7 Generation Games Social Media…

When we left off our story I was writing from a plane flying TO Devils Lake and I had just concurred with producer number 2 that I was not involved in enough bar room brawls to make a reality TV show with him. Now I’m on a plane flying FROM…

Writing this on a flight to Denver and then changing to a little puddle jumper for Devils Lake , North Dakota where I will land at midnight. Surprisingly, all the rental cars in Devils Lake are reserved but the Spirit Lake Casino, like any casino I’ve ever heard of is…

On my previous blogpost I wrote about our first idea for a reality show. I thought it would be amusing to go through some of our discussions with producers. The first conversation went like this: Producer: How many children do you have? 19? 20? Me: What? No. I have four…