This morning, we made it public that Foundry 2022 will be our last fund. You can read our post about it here. I would also highlight Seth’s and Jaclyn’s posts. Foundry has always operated with the idea that it wouldn’t outlive its founding partners. I can recall my partners talking about “three funds and done”…
(A birthday hike to start the morning today) Or my (very) late 40s as better framing? I’m passing mile marker number 49 today and beginning my 50th trip around the sun. Wow. How did that happen? The last thing I remember was turning 40? The years of peak family and peak career tend to coincide…
We laid my mother, Barbara Eakman, to rest a year ago today. Her body lies together with my father and brother in Colleyville, just a few miles from where she raised our family. I’ve never been much for gravesites as all their memories live within me but I felt compelled to visit on a recent…
[UPDATE: This sold and closed in less than two weeks to a great new family joining the community at Colbert Boat Club] Selling nearly 45 years of fun, laughter, friendship, and family memories We’re selling our family lakehouse at 14 Bass Street just across the dam on the Oklahoma side of Lake Texoma. It’s easily…
Well, if we weren’t already THERE, then we certainly are NOW. So much for a soft landing in venture land. The SVB crisis just made it real. The cycle turn for venture has been greatly discussed over the last year. It’s true, valuations were down, capital was slowing, LPs were cooked, and GPs were tight….
It’s hard to write a post like this when your thoughts are jumbled. I suppose the ramblings below are meant to:– Acknowledge a challenging time and make a call to move past that period for me– Share gratitude for my family, partners, and friends that supported Barbara/me during this time The last three years have…
Barbara Jean (Ellison) EakmanOctober 10th, 1944 – July 16th, 2022 Barbara Jean (Ellison) Eakman, age 77, left us on July 16, 2022, after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer. She was comforted by her friends and family at home in Colleyville, Texas these past few months. Barbara was born in Denton and raised in Denison,…
I participated in a Raise LP Only Conference today as a speaker. It was a lot of fun and I hope it will be useful to the participants. I don’t know if they’ll share the recording but I thought it might be worth sharing my own notes here. My designated topic was how to support…
I took a week off and it made me realize how badly I needed a break. Mostly a mental break. When you love your job, your life naturally intertwines with your work and vice-versa as many of your social interactions are also commingled. This year we’ve added constant zoom meetings as you work from home…
Today would have been my little brother’s 41st birthday and I will miss calling him to give him a proper ribbing. Jon, Jonny, Little Jon, or his trail name “Duke” unexpectedly left us last year just a few days following his 40th birthday on September 22nd. We’ve had almost a year now to reflect and…