GozAround

10 years building @GozAround and I've been doing it all wrong. Mistake #1: Building in silence because I was terrified of failing publicly. Mistake #2: Letting other people's "proven" strategies override my own vision. The irony? We're building a platform to connect community needs with resources - literally about bringing people together - while I've been hiding in my home office. Fear is expensive. It's cost me a decade of potential feedback, connections, and course corrections. So here's the pivot: building in public starting now. The messy experiments. The failed launches. The 3am "what if we tried..." moments. The pivots that make you question everything. Starting with this admission: I have no idea if we're solving corporate social impact the right way. I don't even know if the world wants what we're building! But it's time to find out for real. Who else is building something they believe in but scared to talk about it?

On with @angelajeane, CEO of @RealizedWorth sharing pure gold when it comes to motivating employees to act on #volunteer programs. Hot Tip - people act on urgency, novelty and personal values. #csr #esg

I’ve been thinking…whose dream could I help come true? I bet we all have that power for someone out there. Not money but an opportunity, an experience, advice, access, an intro, a shot. Putting it out there. Reply or DM if you’d join a network of #dreammakers. #MondayMotivation

Made a donation to @ckuaradio and @Wikipedia today. Now more than ever, it's so important to support free, independent resources of culture and knowledge. Is there a site, source, station, blog, or YouTuber that could use your support? #supportwhatmatterstoyou

To @BillGates' point that "innovation is the only way you get to have modest sacrifices be made yet achieve the super important goal of zero emissions", we need tech #innovation but also "application innovation" that invites people to "modest", incremental and achievable action.