What I’m up to now -

Chief Operating Officer @ SMB Law Group, managing the day to day operation & strategy of one of the fastest scaling startup law firms in America. Since we started in 2022, we’ve done over $1 BILLION in M&A and helped over 700 small businesses and entrepreneurs. We’ve been in Forbes, Bloomberg, Business Insider, and more. Yet, we’re beginning upon the next big transformation in our business. Stay tuned…

Partner @ SMBash, the original (and best) 3-day event for small business acquirers and operators. The 2025 edition just ended on April 4th with record attendance and overwhelmingly positive buzz, and planning for 2026 is underway. We’ve also been in Forbes and more.

Doing random shit @ Two Tees Ventures, my entity that holds interests in a few companies and allows me to test new ideas, explore acquisitions, and provide services to those who need it.

📚 Currently Reading: *Thinking Fast and Slow* by Daniel Kahneman

🎵 Currently Listening To: Lonesome Drifter (album) by Charley Crockett

🐶 If You Call, Expect Me To Be: on a springtime walk with my wife Brooke and golden doodle puppy Rusty.

[Updated on April 14, 2025]

Me (left) and Kevin Henderson (right) - a founding partner of SMB Law Group and one of my partners at SMBash.

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Where I’ve been -

I’ve had 2 inflection points in my life - moments where the wheels were spinning in the mud, the train was off it’s track, I didn’t feel satisfied with the life I was living, and it took extended periods of deep introspection to get back on course.

The first occurred on a ski lift in Breckenridge, Colorado (I know, how can you be unhappy in that paradise?). At this point I was a college junior at the University of Michigan, and my entire world was politics. I studied political science. I volunteered and worked on campaigns. I even worked my way into a Campaign Manager position for a state house incumbent at just 18 years old, still the youngest I’ve ever heard of to do that. I thought my entire life was going to be lived in 2-4 year election cycles — and yet, I fucking hated politics.

On that ski lift, I came to a realization that was months in the making: what I loved about politics had nothing to do with politics at all.

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