1. Can art change the world?

   I want the world to bust out of its collective RSS.

   A character in my play 4 Times 50, not 200 refers to Repetitive Stupidity Syndrome (RSS), where we get so overwhelmed by everyday absurdities that we lose sight of underlying themes — enduring the same traffic jam, sitcom joke, failure of government and corporation — hoping for a different outcome yet never doing something to achieve it. I'd like to change that, and that is what this website is about.

   Creativity and Business

   I’ve climbed to over 22,000 feet. I remember the first great bottle of wine I ever had (a '64 Margaux), and most since. I wrote and directed an award-winning short film.

   I’ve been a CEO, COO, CMO, CFO, teacher, river runner, political consultant, actor, writer and filmmaker. And always, an entrepreneur. I've managed over $150 million in financings, for tech, digital and creative companies. I close deals.

   I live at this intersection of art and entrepreneurship, of creativity and business. Can't say I planned it that way, but there it is.

   Ideas that transform

   I don't intend to be a current events commentator, another echo of RSS. Though I would like to help transform the world. This website is one way of expressing that hope.

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