# Writing

# Writing

I write when I've worked something out, not on a schedule. Mostly growth, crypto, and the economics underneath both.

[![Successive tide lines marked on a sloping shore, the newest wave reaching past every earlier mark.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.DzGs7wXG_181OU0.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/this-time-its-different/)

Economics 16 Feb 2024 7 min

## [This Time It's Different](https://mhb.xyz/essays/this-time-its-different/)

[![A horseshoe magnet lifting a dense cluster of iron filings while loose filings fall away beneath.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.DbvgPjZ1_1r05Om.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/incentive-systems/)

Growth 6 Feb 2024 12 min

## [You Can't Buy Product-Market Fit](https://mhb.xyz/essays/incentive-systems/)

Why incentives can rent behavior but never buy the product truth underneath it.

[![A wolf draped in a sheep's fleece, the fleece slipping off one shoulder.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.CBLZTItl_Z2uhvzq.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/central-bank-digital-currencies/)

Economics 17 Nov 2023 8 min

## [CBDCs: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing](https://mhb.xyz/essays/central-bank-digital-currencies/)

[![A dockside crane lifting a small sailing dinghy up toward the deck of a freighter.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.zQvAF_yW_1xp67.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/bootstrap-to-buyout/)

Growth 24 Oct 2023 13 min

## [From Bootstrap to Buyout: How We Sold Our Side Hustle to a Public Company](https://mhb.xyz/essays/bootstrap-to-buyout/)

The Traffic Think Tank sale, told from the founder side of the table.

[![A riveted pressure vessel venting one plume of steam through a small safety valve.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.IAQ00vM4_Z2jLr2a.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/understanding-inflation/)

Economics 14 Dec 2022 9 min

## [Understanding Inflation](https://mhb.xyz/essays/understanding-inflation/)

[![A towering hollow effigy held up from behind by wooden scaffolding, small figures kneeling at its base.](https://mhb.xyz/_astro/src.Boz16RB4_1vRhnW.webp)](https://mhb.xyz/essays/cult-problem-in-crypto/)

Crypto 16 Nov 2022 6 min

## [Our Fearless Leader: the Cult Problem in Crypto](https://mhb.xyz/essays/cult-problem-in-crypto/)

## From the Archives

*   [
    
    ### Going All-In
    
    Career 27 Apr 2022 10 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/going-all-in/)
    
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    ### The Remote Leader's Guide to Managing a Team
    
    Leadership 28 Jan 2020 13 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/remote-leadership/)
    
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    ### Growing a $1mm+ ARR community business: The story of Traffic Think Tank
    
    Growth 29 Aug 2019 18 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/1mm-arr-community-business/)
    
*   [
    
    ### How to Grow a Successful Career in Marketing
    
    Career 15 Aug 2017 8 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/careers-in-marketing/)
    
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    ### A Look to the Future: Speed, Convenience and the Rise of AI
    
    Growth 26 Jul 2017 15 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/future-of-marketing/)
    
*   [
    
    ### Life Beyond Email: Chatbot Marketing
    
    Growth 14 Feb 2017 12 min
    
    ](https://mhb.xyz/essays/chatbot-marketing/)
    

I've kept the essays I wrote a decade or more ago in [the vault](https://mhb.xyz/vault/).

Source: [https://mhb.xyz/essays/](https://mhb.xyz/essays/)