#01 My Chaos Box
An Introduction @ 0Flips
For years I have been strongly advised to invest in my brand, and to carve out time to share my journey with others. The hesitation, and outright unwillingness, came from a place of protecting my time and from a reluctance in adding more to the noise. My pivot today comes from an acknowledgment that, in order to drive innovation and opportunities, I do need to share the innovations I am pursuing to spark debate and allow others who are passionate about the same innovations to connect and influence the unknown.
Hunter
I have a blessed life with a loving wife and two kids (15 and 13) who have been my primary investment, and a big reason to protect my time. Professionally, my story arc starts like many others: having started from very little and with no understanding of the “real world,” leading me stumbling my way to today off the back of genuine curiosity to learn & solve problems, initiative, and a willingness to work through and accept opportunities others wouldn’t.
A quick background that started with joining the Communications Reserves 🪖 when I turned 17 (retired at 37), and attended university for the dream job as a Phys-ed teacher. It was here where I was first introduced to code development through an elective that changed my career trajectory. After my first year, I deployed on tour to the Middle East, and when I returned I switched majors to accounting where I continued working full-time shift work with the military (still not realizing that tech could be an actual job). Throughout, I was still learning to code and build during downtime, when by random chance I was provided an opportunity to leverage my technical knowledge and Top Secret clearance to start consulting on a few large government projects. There, I specialized in Research and Development (R&D), while simultaneously working side hustles traveling across Canada evaluating technologies and building RFPs on behalf of various government agencies. This eventually led to a transition where, for the past decade, I have been working in (and with) startups to build and lead technology teams and provide strategic and operational support throughout the various life cycles of a startup.
The common theme across that journey has been an ability to manage several diverse work commitments at once, and often being way over my head with most new opportunities I raised my hand for. Thank you to everyone who provided me with those opportunities, and for allowing me to test, learn, and iterate over the years. 🙏
0Flips Innovations Inc.
Flipping 0’s to 1’s in binary… “zero flips” 💡
“0Flips” is my chaos box. A company I recently started to allow me to incubate the numerous software projects I have backlogged over the years, while also allowing me to centralize my support of other companies and projects focused on R&D.
The core vision and purpose is forming small pods of passionate and curious talent, and empowering them to build and validate software-based Proofs of Concept (PoCs). When validated as viable business opportunities, they become formally incorporated with their own founding teams either through 0Flips or as independent entities. This approach allows for the sharing of technology and operational resources, enabling wins to waterfall down to the backlog of projects.
A few years ago, this approach would have been more difficult. However, today, with the abilities that AI provides, getting from idea to market validation requires far fewer resources, especially when those resources and experiences are shared. That said, the in-house problems that 0Flips will pursue will attempt to solve larger systemic challenges, like in the marketing industry or politics, while leveraging today’s efficiency gains to actually build bigger vs. faster.
Externally, 0Flips will also selectively help other businesses with their R&D through advising and consulting. This will allow 0Flips to conduct R&D on your behalf, find resources to embed into your team to help with R&D, or help to implement processes and culture that lead to more efficient R&D. As a company and a vision, we do not aspire to be a “dev shop.” We simply want to build and solve difficult problems.
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In follow-up posts, I will begin introducing problems that 0Flips is working to solve, as well as others that are in queue awaiting resources or further research before starting development. Lastly, to set expectations, my content may be wide-ranging and cover topics or solutions that attempt to push against the grain. While I am energized to discuss and debate problems and solutions, I much prefer those conversations over a coffee or video call, and may not respond often on online mediums.
