I met Doug by way of a dream. One morning I awoke and told my wife Dot that I’d had a very vivid dream. She asked, “What was your dream about?” I answered, “I can’t tell you what it’s about, I’ll just have to just tell you the story.” I then recounted the first chapter of the book as it appeared in my dream. Dot immediately said, “You need to write that down!” I agreed, but we were in our Motorhome on our way back from Alaska, so it was about three weeks before I had the opportunity to write Doug’s story. During the interim, Dot asked me to repeat it to her, and it flowed from my mind verbatim each time. And now, I’d like you to meet Doug…
Investor and writer, venture partner at Quotidian Ventures, and CEO of Secret Clubhouse, a coworking space in Brooklyn. Co-founder of The Barbarian Group, served as their COO for the first ten years, and served at Tumblr as a consultant on Marketing and Revenue. Owns a record label called The Archenemy Record Company.