I have a broad range of experience starting companies and running organizations. Between 2003 and 2012, I personally founded 3 companies, sold one, merged one with a competitor, and one failed. Additionally, for almost a decade, I ran a 50 person non-profit that specialized in youth sports outreach. As Director, I interviewed, hired and trained over 500 employees, and helped the program's reach triple.Overall, I am most motivated within innovative organizations that are taking on either large issues, strong competitors or billion dollar opportunities. Can I find pleasure in optimizing relatively static operations? Sure, and I have done so as a consultant, but I know myself: my work ethic and drive, each function best when there is a mission or some sense of urgency. I enjoy smaller teams pursuing time-sensitive opportunities, and too often that attitude is not present within mature companies.Since 2012, I have focused on writing (including fiction, non-fiction, and corporate strategy).In 2015, my goal is to publish, and then re-launch my management consulting firm.As a consultant, I am working now on developing programs to help static companies establish a sense of competitive "urgency."