This is the most substantive update in the Peanut Project journey, though I recognize it’s a bit of “inside baseball” with regards to deal-making. I could not have done it without the community’s support, help and words of encouragement. End… Continue Reading →
For nearly two decades, WatchMojo has been known as a digital-first media company that understood audiences before “audience-first” became a buzzword. But from the beginning, WatchMojo was never just a YouTube company. It was a studio—one that happened to distribute… Continue Reading →
Dear Expos community, TL:DR: Institutions don’t reward silence. They reward credibility. And credibility comes from consistency under pressure. Institutions don’t reward silence. They reward credibility. And credibility comes from consistency under pressure. It’s not that principles hurt profit. It’s that… Continue Reading →
JFC. Mind blown. WatchMojo may be best known for film, TV, and gaming—but my soul has always been music. Early on, around 2012, I leaned into that and personally wrote and produced many of our music Top 10s, curating the… Continue Reading →
I recently read a solid case study on the implosion of MrBeast’s burger venture. It was a good read. While I was familiar with most of it, there were a few new details that were genuinely interesting. What struck me… Continue Reading →
To succeed in entrepreneurship, you need: Vision vs vision: Vision (upper case V) is the “big idea,” the “Why.” Here, “making Montreal great again” (for lack of better term) via the return of baseball and the Expos, but also the… Continue Reading →
As the Expos Peanut project moves from abstract idea to disciplined exploration, I’ve found it useful to be explicit about how I’m thinking about people, roles, and sequencing. Frankly, one month into the journey, I have not even focused on… Continue Reading →
One of the quiet milestones over the past few weeks has been crossing into what I’d call a FrieNDA phase. Not formal NDAs yet, but enough shared context, candor, and mutual respect that conversations are no longer hypothetical. While I personally adopt… Continue Reading →
When people look at a complex, multi-year effort like exploring the return of Major League Baseball to Montreal, it’s easy to assume it’s the most daunting challenge one could voluntarily take on. In reality, it’s simply the latest expression of… Continue Reading →
For 25 years, I have built a couple of global media businesses, building what is predominantly an American professional network. If you ask American business leaders what they think of doing business in Quebec and you ask them privately, candidly,… Continue Reading →
Solving Large Problems Without Heroic Assumptions One of the most common mistakes people make when confronted with a large future obligation is assuming it requires an equally large amount of capital today, or extraordinary returns to bridge the gap. That… Continue Reading →
Last week, I elevated a partner of 20 years, Derek, someone who joined us as an intern before WatchMojo had even published its first video – to the role of COO. Another co-founder, Kevin, was promoted to SVP, having been… Continue Reading →
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