Journal

Managing a team of rocket scientists doesn’t have to be rocket science—even if you aren’t one yourself.

Managing a team of rocket scientists doesn’t have to be rocket science—even if you aren’t one yourself.

I landed my first management position at an early-stage startup when I was just a year out of college. Whenever colleagues knocked on my door and I beckoned them in from behind my desk, it always felt like I was wearing one of my dad’s suits and just playing the part. That impostor feeling was never more acute, though, when a senior engineer would swing by to argue about something. It would go something like this:

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It can be easy to slide into workaholism when you’re far away from friends and family and want your overseas gambit to work.

It can be easy to slide into workaholism when you’re far away from friends and family and want your overseas gambit to work.

Nine months ago, I boarded a plane in the U.K. with a plan to launch two businesses out of a backpack. It was to be an 8,000-mile startup pilgrimage to four countries—India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia—during which I’d bring two great business ideas to life.

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Thanks to a partnership with Foot Locker and Asics, students from the academy will soon see their designs on shelves.

Thanks to a partnership with Foot Locker and Asics, students from the academy will soon see their designs on shelves.

Some kids dream of becoming an astronaut or a fireman. D’wayne Edwards only wanted to do one thing: design shoes. He was 11 when he sketched his first sneaker using a number two pencil. But Edwards didn’t see a path forward for himself in the footwear industry. A big stumbling block was that there were no shoe design schools where he could learn the craft.

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