👋Howdy. I’m Cam.
Organizations hire my company to help their teams get more customers, capital, and connections.
This site has writing and other projects. My work site takes itself more seriously.
Ventures
Actionworks: Education company that builds entrepreneurship and innovation programs for the U.S. Department of State, Intel, the University of Texas, and dozens more. Building with AI since 2019.
Minimum Viable Video: Cohort-based course on creating videos to get customers, connections, and capital.
(Previously) 3 Day Startup: 10-year CEO journey scaling an entrepreneurship bootcamp to 50 countries.
Personal
- My fiancé and I (and her ridiculous cats) split our time between Austin, TX and Savannah, GA
- Interests: LLMs, Formula 1, Mexican food, Alvvays, Nolan films, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman’s theory of reality, Longhorn football
- I’m 6 years deep into writing a from-the-trenches newsletter of stories and tips on entrepreneurship, AI, and video
- I’ve had a hell of a lot easier time building companies than figuring out vulnerability; that came with Personal Boards of Directors
I manage a mysterious health condition—maybe you’ll be the one to diagnose it?RESOLVED!
Contact
DM me on X or email me at my name at actionworks dot co (not dot com).
Blog
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Why I’m Going Deep on Chinese Entrepreneurship in 2026
The first time China really showed up on my radar was ten years ago when I read The Three-Body Problem—Liu Cixin’s sci-fi epic. I was stunned by its breadth and scope; the story spans millennia and puts China in the middle of a plot to unite every country in the world to defeat alien invaders […]
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How an Ice Cream Founder Stumbled on a Sales Machine
During the pandemic, Matt Sorensen’s kid asked him if he knew how to make ice cream. “I sure don’t, buddy,” he said. The kid went back to his toys. An hour later, he came back to his dad and said, “Dad, I want to make some ice cream.” At that point, it became obvious—it’s time to make some ice cream.
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Things You Don’t Know You Don’t Know
The worst concert I’ve ever been to in my life was my own. Sophomore year of high school. A talent show was happening at my school, which was a big deal. I’d been obsessed with guitar since I was twelve. It was everything. My identity was already built around this and I was sure I […]
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Jaws in Space
I love how insane this story is. The confidence to throw a hail mary, putting on a mini-performance, a heat-seeking missile targeting the reward centers of the studio exec brain.
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The Keys are Always in the Trash
The smell hit me first: rotten eggs mixed with sour orange juice, fermenting in the Carolina heat. I was waist-deep in a dumpster behind WEND 106.5 “The End,” Charlotte’s alternative rock station, fishing through garbage bags for a set of keys. I was nineteen years old, an unpaid intern, and learning something important about power and responsibility inside big organizations.
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How to Navigate a World of Bullshitters
David Lee Roth, Van Halen’s frontman, came off like Axe body spray in human form—loud, brash, and ridiculous. But that surface read was wrong. Underneath the show, he was playing a smarter game. Here’s how. Yes, this essay is about AI.