Death and life- Six months of pain lands my company inside Facebook
We sold Vidpresso to Facebook after going through my dad's death, our company's near death, and endless rejection, until it all ended in a moment.
Randall Bennett
College at 15: How I turned an abusive childhood into selling my company to Meta
My dad was physically abusive. Finding safety and love in achievement worked decently and gave me baseline happiness, until I stopped achieving.
Career PTSD resilience: Four years of learning, one year of performance
I sold my company to Meta, have been given a "redefines expectations" rating this year, but for the majority of my life I haven't lived up to my own expectations. I've found I go through spiky periods alternating between learning a lot, and executing at a high level. It continues throughout today.
"Just clean the office:" Get out of the depression / anxiety spiral with a mantra
By implementing a strategy before you get depressed, and then executing on that strategy, it's possible
My weaknesses define my strengths, not my identity
My various challenges don't define my identity, but they do help define my strengths.
My expectation of happy
When your expectations don't match reality, you're unhappy. It's possible to counter this and solve your happiness equation.
The plan (2020)
Set goals, set plans. It’s time for New Year’s expectation setting.
Jumpstart on new year's goals
It’s christmas and nobody is awake for some reason. (!) I have 3 kids, it’s 7am, and you’d think they’d be eagerly coming to the christmas tree to see what santa brought them.
Instead, I’m thinking about my life and what I want for next year.
Automatically fix IPv6 configuration when another process disables it
Use these scripts to watch directories, and have stuff launch quickly.
The perils of the business guy
Utah is a weird place. It has a really strong sales culture, which is great if you’re building something which requires personal relationship management and building relationships of trust. Utah’s Mormon heritage is largely responsible for this. In fact, the term Building Relationships of Trust is a religious