5 ingredients and 5 steps to a hot bowl of love.
January is National Soup Month, (no, really,) and it’s no wonder. What do you need after the 4:30 sunset on a cold, rainy Tuesday more than a hot, delicious bowl of soup? …
Things are about to change, and maybe for the better.
The titans of today’s Internet got that way by getting early adopters to do what they wanted. To understand how Web3 startups are winning the race to create tomorrow’s Internet, you need to understand that while their strategy is the same, their tactics include a powerful new tool even the…
Whether you’re trying to figure it out, or explain it to someone else, try this.
Five percent of people — the vocal 5% who dominate Twitter and other social media — are obsessed with “Web3.” Another 5% are sick of hearing about it, leaving around 90% of people with no idea what those nerds are talking about.
If you’re in that 90%, and just want…
Knock with your feet.
Most people want to be more powerful, in business and in life. We’re squeamish about saying it, but given the choice between some control over events and none, most would choose control. That’s the essence of power, really, and nothing to be ashamed of.
The taboo of power keeps us…
It’s the truth, revealed.
The simpler the drink, the more important the details.
The Margarita is the New Year’s Eve of cocktails: a seeming gift of nature that raises expectations but so often disappoints. While I’ve given up on New Year’s I’ve long pursued the Margarita of My Dreams, and after decades of trial and error have finally found it. …
Depends what you’re looking for.
Netflix’ “Midnight Mass” is a scary, sensitive Russian doll of a show; a story that presents a new face as each of its 7 hour+ episodes unfold.
It grabs you with a real and terrifying opening, shifts into an atmospheric morality tale about religious fundamentalism, pivots suddenly into a full-blown…
Big Food is killing us. Bag salad is letting them win.
Thin, healthy people seem to eat a lot of salad. I want to be thinner and healthier, so I need to eat more salad. On my next trip to the grocery store I swing through the produce section, feeling superior to those assholes in the Oreo aisle. …
Know which you’re in, and act accordingly.
There are 5 phases to a great career. They’re not defined by skills, titles, or achievements, but by how the world sees you, and how it responds when it does.
Phase 1: “Who’s Mike Troiano?”
At first you’re nobody, because nobody knows who you are.
If you’re here, you need to get noticed.
At the…
A study in sustained relevance, from a true master.
This week a 78-year old broke the internet with a tweet showing him outside, sipping a beer at a North Carolina dive bar called The Thirsty Beaver. …
Mike Troiano
Venture storyteller, wartime consiglieri, lyrical gangsta. Partner, G20 Ventures, thoughts here are my own. http://about.me/miketrap
