Written in October 2025.
I made 22 intros this week. A few might get hired. Some will do a deal. Others may just stay friends. And I made $0 on all of it, completely by design.
While some people dream of being a CEO or a pro athlete, I’m chasing a different title: The Honest Broker.
I want my reputation to be "talk to that guy and you'll leave energized, thinking about something new, good things will happen, and it'll generally cost you nothing.”
Whatever you need—an investment, a building permit, a new hire, political influence, a place to host your event, whatever—I want to introduce you to the right people and steer you away from the sharks.
For the last five years, I've been doing this. I find high-integrity, high-energy people and connect them together (when it makes sense). It's been wonderfully enriching. I’ve watched strangers become best friends, seen millions of dollars made, and watched life paths get rerouted in a single afternoon.
And no, there isn't a catch...but there is a reason. I look at the world and see some big problems:
- broken gov't incentives (ranked choice voting, term limits, money in politics, fraud, etc),
- expensive housing (PE firms buying residential RE),
- sick Americans (big-food x pharma 🙃),
- etc.
I could try to build one company to fix one of those things. Or, I could subtly influence 10,000 people who are already building the solutions.
Frankly, I’m built for the second one.
So, my north star is to be like Ron or Ted - a person who moves the needle by playing the long game and valuing trust over everything. Most of the time, I don’t want a paycheck or publicity. I just want to add you to the network. No shortcuts.
- L
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