Nathan Lustig

Staying Out of the Cubicle: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Travel

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Why I Deleted Facebook and Twitter from my iPhone

January 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Personal Thoughts

In early January I was in LA and my parents invited me to go a whale watching cruise for a few hours.  I’d never been whale watching and decided it sounded like a great way to spend an afternoon with my family.  About an hour into the voyage, the captain said that they’d spotted killer [...]

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My 2011

December 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Personal Thoughts

My year end review is always one of my favorite posts to write each year (2009, 2010, 2000-2010).  So without further ado, here’s what I did in 2011. 2011 was an amazing yet tumultuous year.  I rung in 2011 in Pasadena, CA at the Rose Bowl with my family and friends.  Although the Badgers lost, [...]

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A Reflection on Living Abroad: Language Barriers, Cultural Differences and Being Out of my Element

December 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Personal Thoughts

My biggest regret in college was never studying abroad.  I love to travel, but was never able to live abroad because I was running a company from sophomore year on.  When Jesse and I saw the opportunity to live in Chile for six months, plus get money to fund Entrustet, we knew we had to [...]

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A Tribute

December 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Personal Thoughts

It was April, 2009 and we were in Milwaukee at the neighborhood church where my grandparents had raised my Mom and her family. As I listened as the minister gave the eulogy, I heard a few stories about my grandma that I hadn’t heard, but I knew they fit her character. After the service, we [...]

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Chronicle of a hospital visit in Buenos Aires

November 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Personal Thoughts

It was a little after midnight and we’d just finished a great dinner of Argentinian steak in Buenos Aires.  We were walking to a bar to have some after dinner drinks when all the sudden, my friend missteps on the broken sidewalk.  He goes tumbling to the ground.  We’re all laughing, including my friend who’s [...]

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Overcoming Self Deception: Taking a Step Back

November 20th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Personal Thoughts

We are all human, we all make mistakes and have strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has areas where they need to improve.  But they are hard to identify and its even harder to make the changes necessary to improve.  It’s hard because of self deception.  It’s part of our automatic human defense mechanism.  It’s there precisely [...]

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