Writing & ideas
A book in progress, a free weekly note, and a podcast — for filmmakers and founders learning the work in real time. Honest, useful, and as free of guru-speak as I can make it.
My first book · Available now
How to take back the 95% of your life you don't run.
The notes
A weekly note — sometimes about story, sometimes about systems, always about the work.
Start here
What I learned producing DK Bose — and what nobody tells you about money under fire.
FoundingReliability isn't a feature you add at the end. It's a posture you start with.
BothTwo industries, one underlying job: ship the thing, on time, that people actually use.
Recent essays
✎ Sample titles to show the shape — replace with your real essays as you publish.
Why "just be more disciplined" fails on day three — every time.
Clarity is a form of love. So is letting people finish their sentences.
The novelty has worn off, the launch is still far away. Here's how to keep going.
Where generative tools genuinely help on an indie film — and where they quietly hurt.
Both jobs are: collect signal, remove noise, deliver meaning.
The podcast
Same ideas, in your ears. Roughly weekly. ~25 minutes per episode.
✎ Placeholder episodes — wire to your real feed when the show is live.
Episode 1 · The lessons of DK Bose, told straight.
Episode 2 · Hiring patterns I'd repeat, and ones I wouldn't.
Episode 3 · A working filmmaker's view, not a hype reel.
The one thing I'd ask you to do
Short, practical, free. Real lessons from films and founding — for the people doing the work. (The first book, Tame the Animal, Unleash the Beast, is out — read about it here.)