01Now

WhatI'mdoingrightnow.

Inspired by the /now movement. The honest answer to "what are you up to?" — written for me first, posted publicly because I should know.

Updated · June 9, 2026

This week

Rocket launch, watched from the ground.

Not everything interesting happens on a screen. Sometimes the best reminder is a column of fire in the sky and a few hundred engineers somewhere quietly being right.

Rocket launch viewed from the ground

Work

  • Went to a rocket launch — good reminder that some teams still build the kind of physical thing you can see from miles away.
  • MarketMatch — tightening pricing intelligence around dealership workflows, Cox data, and the next customer conversations.
  • Yashar Family Investments — reviewing long-horizon public and private opportunities through a cash-flow and operator lens.
  • Personal trading book running quietly in the background.

Reading

  • Re-reading The Outsiders (Thorndike) — capital allocators who didn't ask permission.
  • Substack: Doomberg, Net Interest, Stratechery.

Open to

  • Coffee in Pittsburgh, especially with founders working on boring infrastructure in finance, retail, or auto.
  • Intros to dealerships outside Pittsburgh — particularly in PA, NJ, NY.
  • Conversations about used-car retail, dealer software, or quiet capital.

Schedule

  • Most weeks I'm in Pittsburgh. Travel for the right reason.
  • Fastest way to reach me is /book. Email second.

The current move

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