Simple, not easy. That’s the aim.

📫 Side Notes is a letter I send to friends, family, and fellow curious folks. It’s my effort to make sense of what I consume and share what I’m learning (by trial and life).

 

bravely curious.

 
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Learning and working.

Building Scratchmade, the team behind Capital Camp & Main Street Summit, at Permanent Equity. Planning events and unique experiences for investors and business owners to connect and learn together.

✍️ WRITING. 📚 READING. 🏡PATTERNS

I enjoy:

  • being a father, husband, brother, son

  • trail-running, reading, hiking, fly-fishing, woodworking, walking, and gardening

  • profitable businesses solving meaningful problems

  • projects that force learning by doing

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Capital Camp

Serious investing conversations in shorts and sandals.  Interactive programming and a variety of outdoor activities. Endless supply of food, drink, and entertainment.

“A spectacular event. Major props with both the vision and the execution. I can’t imagine not coming in future years.”

“The level of professionalism made it seem this was an event that had been put on a number of years in a row.”

 
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Main Street Summit

An immersive, 2-day festival for business owners, operators, and investors hosted in Columbia, Missouri. 1,000+ attendees gathering for world-class content, engaging conversation, hospitality, and of course, plenty of fun.

 
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Good People Summit

Dedicated time to work and explore. Surround yourself with kind people to hold you accountable on a clear project. Creating is encouraged, the more ambitious the better.

Gather with good people to transform sparks into flames.

 
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10+ years of event production


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