About

Thinking in Triangles was developed by Lief Larson

 

A bit about Lief:
He is a Seattle-based technologist, futurist, and entrepreneur with a career rooted in innovation and problem-solving. He has founded multiple venture capital-backed startups, authored patents, and advanced boundaries in hardware and software development. Beyond his professional endeavors, he is an avid outdoorsman, hiking nearly 1,000 miles annually in Washington State’s wilderness. This connection to nature fuels his creativity and informs the triangular frameworks that underpin his work on human happiness, personal development, and decision-making. It is said that good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.  Lief's many failures have given birth to his good.

He would like to recognize his former and current mentors, including Curt Carlson (Founder of Radisson Hotels), Doug Burgum (U.S Secretary of the Interior), and Dan Tyre (employee #6 at HubSpot), to name a few. Along his incredible journey countless people have invested in him with their dollars, social capital (network connections), time and wisdom. Included on this list are Dr. Jack Wiley, Mark Johnson, Rick Brimacomb, Mike Maddock, Arnold Angeloni, Brett Toyne, Steve Borsch, Dan Mallin, Scott Litman, Todd Crawford, Dale Nitschke, Satya Nadella, Graeme Thickins, Bob Bozeman, Allen Witters, Kelly Porter, Brian Cohen, Rob Hunegs, James Burgum, Sam Richter, T.A. McCann, Mark Cohn, Karlin Lindhardt, Harvey Mackay, Randy Ammon, Sean Kearney, Joe Wallin, Bruce Onnen, Dr. Bill McGuire, Scott Jagodzinski, Robert Brown, Ryan Kotula, Jacques Gibbs, Robert Chalice, Craig Keefner, Kelly Coleman, Pinky McNamara, Gary Groth, Michael Gorman, Mike Bechtel, Ryan Mallery, Lynn Hanson, Kimberly DeBaere, Gary Flake, and Jordan Ritter. He is eternally grateful to each and everyone who, no matter how large or small, gave something of themselves so that he could become a better version of himself. To the hundreds not listed here, you know who you are. Thank you!

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"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."  - Confucius