About Long Story Short
What This Is
Long Story Short is a running account of what it means to build something from the inside — the choices, lessons, and realizations that only come once you’re already too far in to turn back.
It’s not a playbook. It’s a lived record — how the work changes you, and how perspective shifts once the stakes get real.
Every post is sparked by something I noticed in the middle of building: a trade-off, a pattern, a moment that made me stop and rethink what I thought I knew.
Why I Write It
Because building isn’t just about getting somewhere — it’s about what happens to your thinking along the way.
When you’re in it every day, it’s easy to miss the lesson inside the momentum. Writing is how I slow down long enough to see it — the small reframes, the failures that paid off later, the surprising things that start to matter more than speed.
This is where I process all of that — how running a company keeps reshaping how I see work, people, and what progress actually looks like.
What You’ll Get
Lessons from the founder seat — the kind you only learn once you’ve lived through them.
Reflections on how decisions, risks, and trade-offs change your perspective over time.
Honest takes on the gap between how we think building works and what it actually feels like.
Each story is one part reflection, one part field note — together, they trace how building a company rewires the way you see the world.
If You Build Things
You’ll recognize the tension: the push to move faster, the pull to stay true, the way growth exposes what you really believe.
This is that story — told one lesson at a time.
Keep Reading
If you want the personal side — film, culture, music, and the stories that stay after the credits — that’s The Cutaway .
If you want the technical side — the workflows, systems, and under-the-hood details — that’s The Build Log_ , which I co-write with
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They all connect, but Long Story Short is where the lessons start.
