What I’m doing now

This is a Now Page, as popularized by Derek Sivers. The goal is to let you know what I’m focused on right now in my life. I intend on updating this roughly monthly.

 Updated April 4th, 2024

Getting ready to become a parent

If you haven’t heard my wife and I are expecting our first child in September! Having seen my brother go through this transition in 2023 makes me both incredibly excited and moderately anxious. It’s also incredible comforting to have at least 7 other couples in our immediate social circle who have had a child in the last year or are currently expecting. It’s a mini millennial baby boom here in Vancouver!

Helping MistyWest focus and grow

2023 was MistyWest’s best year every in terms of successful client outcomes, revenue and profitability. These three measures are of course highly correlated. However many large successful programs are coming to a close and it’s time to leverage that experience to double down on what MistyWest does very well (novel sensor solutions in industries with high reliability requirements). It also means a lot of travel, especially to the US.

Improving my understanding of Venture Capital

The majority of MistyWest Clients are VC funded and the worlds most impactful current companies have typically raised VC funding to reach scale. As such, I’m talking to as many VCs as possible (especially ones with a history of hardware Investing) and reading everything they recommend, starting with The Power Law.

Developing a writing practice

Ever since joining MistyWest over five years ago I’ve intended to develop a regular, externally visible writting practice. With a little one on the way it feels ultra critical to start now and build good habits. There’s also a drive to be a good role model for the future Millski. This is in part inspired by a conversation I had with Duncan Riach and his writing on How to Become World Class at Anything

Training to not hurt myself in the Sun Run

Ever since tearing my meniscus in high school football I’m been oscillating between states of injury and fitness. I’ve decided to sign up for the Sun Run (a massive Vancouver based 10k) with colleagues from MistyWest. Commence operation don’t hurt your self!