#jasongoldberg

Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO of Fab, recently wrote a supremely honest, self-critical and genuine long-form essay on the "16 Lessons Learned in 2013".  If you haven't already, you should read it here.

Beyond the insightful learning (and best practices) Jason shared, I was also struck by his view on blogging.  In particular, he noted that he spent too much time "tooting his and Fab's horn" as opposed to actually "doing the work".  

This fit well with the firestorm I wrote about previously where Keith Rabois said “I don’t know of a single successful CEO or entrepreneur who blogs regularly”.  Jason's comments validated Keith's perspective from the standpoint that using blogging as a channel for "self promotion" is a distraction to what actually creates value.

However, Jason's post was a great example of how blogging allows executives to take stock of what they've learned, codify those takeaways and improve their own performance in the future.  All while contributing valuable advice to others fighting the good fight.

With those intentions, I personally don't see a conflict between building a company and blogging.  Actually, they can be quite complementary.  It's only evidenced by Jason's commitment to write about what he's learning in a long-form post once a quarter.