--- title: Dave Shep Blog (2) description: (2) --- ![dave-shep](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/dave-shep.png) #### Dave Shepherd Welcome! This is my online home, 'get started' to get a bit about me and what interests me. [ Start Here ](https://www.daveshep.co/start-here) #### Newsletter ![](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) May 3, 2023 ## ["Return To Sender" Leaders: How We Avoid Giving Feedback & Crush Connection](https://www.daveshep.co/return-to-sender-leaders-how-we-avoid-giving-feedback-crush-connection) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/return-to-sender-leaders-how-we-avoid-giving-feedback-crush-connection) ![The Zenned Up Predator: The Fuel of Enlightened Action](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Use%20Negative%20Emotion%20Tweet.jpeg) April 27, 2023 ## [The Zenned Up Predator: The Fuel of Enlightened Action](https://www.daveshep.co/the-zenned-up-predator-the-fuel-of-enlightened-action) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/the-zenned-up-predator-the-fuel-of-enlightened-action) ![The Rat Race Antidote: Get to the Office Last](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) November 3, 2022 ## [The Rat Race Antidote: Get to the Office Last](https://www.daveshep.co/the-rat-race-antidote-get-to-the-office-last) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/the-rat-race-antidote-get-to-the-office-last) ![The Failure of Certainty](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) October 27, 2022 ## [The Failure of Certainty](https://www.daveshep.co/the-failure-of-certainty) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/the-failure-of-certainty) ![Canceling the NIMBY Delusion: How Honoring Our Past Will Save Our Future](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Leavitt%20Cemetery%20Cropped.jpeg) October 20, 2022 ## [Canceling the NIMBY Delusion: How Honoring Our Past Will Save Our Future](https://www.daveshep.co/canceling-the-nimby-delusion-how-honoring-our-past-will-save-our-future) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/canceling-the-nimby-delusion-how-honoring-our-past-will-save-our-future) ![A meditative journey through dystopia](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) October 13, 2022 ## [A meditative journey through dystopia](https://www.daveshep.co/a-meditative-journey-through-dystopia) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/a-meditative-journey-through-dystopia) ![Snakes and Platypus](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) March 24, 2022 ## [Snakes and Platypus](https://www.daveshep.co/snakes-and-platypus) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/snakes-and-platypus) ![Linear Action, Exponential Results](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/@marketplace/OneIMS/consultancy-theme/images/grayscale-mountain.png) March 23, 2022 ## [Linear Action, Exponential Results](https://www.daveshep.co/linear-action-exponential-results) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/linear-action-exponential-results) ![The Ice Cream Sales Plan: Why Startups Should Never Pay Sales Commission to Their First Sales Rep](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Untitled_Artwork%204.png) March 14, 2022 ## [The Ice Cream Sales Plan: Why Startups Should Never Pay Sales Commission to Their First Sales Rep](https://www.daveshep.co/the-ice-cream-sales-plan-why-startups-should-never-pay-sales-commission-to-their-first-sales-rep) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/the-ice-cream-sales-plan-why-startups-should-never-pay-sales-commission-to-their-first-sales-rep) ![Will hardware wallet Ledger eat Coinbase’s user base and become crypto’s biggest exchange?](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Ledger%20eats%20coinbase.png) February 11, 2022 ## [Will hardware wallet Ledger eat Coinbase’s user base and become crypto’s biggest exchange?](https://www.daveshep.co/will-hardware-wallet-ledger-eat-coinbases-user-base-and-become-cryptos-biggest-exchange) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/will-hardware-wallet-ledger-eat-coinbases-user-base-and-become-cryptos-biggest-exchange) ![Why retiring early is a dumb idea and what I learned from my mistake](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-10%20at%206.18.38%20pm.png) February 10, 2022 ## [Why retiring early is a dumb idea and what I learned from my mistake](https://www.daveshep.co/why-retiring-early-is-a-dumb-idea-and-what-i-learned-from-my-mistake) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/why-retiring-early-is-a-dumb-idea-and-what-i-learned-from-my-mistake) ![What a SaaS founder should pay their first sales rep](https://www.daveshep.co/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-08%20at%203.13.28%20pm.png) February 8, 2022 ## [What a SaaS founder should pay their first sales rep](https://www.daveshep.co/what-a-saas-founder-should-pay-their-first-sales-rep) [Read](https://www.daveshep.co/what-a-saas-founder-should-pay-their-first-sales-rep) [ Prev ](https://www.daveshep.co/page/1) [1](https://www.daveshep.co/page/1) [2](https://www.daveshep.co/page/2) [3](https://www.daveshep.co/page/3) [4](https://www.daveshep.co/page/4) [5](https://www.daveshep.co/page/5) [ Next ](https://www.daveshep.co/page/3)