parenting Archives - Marcus Whitney

It’s a Brave New World, Take This With You Last week I took my youngest son to his college orientation at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville(UTK). These days college orientation is often a two-day affair, happens before move-in day and includes parents. After getting him checked into the dorm where he would be staying for…

What was true is no longer true. I’ve been doing a lot of speaking and writing lately. Speaking and writing both trigger me to think about ‘narrative’, which leads to reflection about what has transpired in my life so far, and how I’ve been transformed by it. One major theme has come up lately in…

What are we all freaking out about? In three days my youngest son will graduate from high school. I’m so happy for him and so proud of him. I can close my eyes and vividly remember when he was a baby. When he was a little boy that I carried around my neck. Today trying…

Being a father is a great privilege and responsibility, and I talk all about my experience as a father with good friend and mentee, Aaron McGee on his new podcast “Fatherhood is Dope”. Fatherhood Is D.O.P.E, which stands for Doing Our Part Everyday, is a podcast all about doing just that. Aaron sheds light on…

There are worse things. Last week was one of the most transformational weeks of my entire life. My first son is, undoubtedly, the catalyst for the person I have become over the last twenty years. It was his existence that drove me to get real with myself, become self-disciplined and make real progress in my…

Happy Sunday my friend, Yesterday, my wife shared with me an incredible way of looking at what it means to raise teenagers. In case you didn’t know, we’ve got two. She said that their conscience is developing but isn’t fully baked yet, and so as parents it’s our job to be their external conscience. To…

Happy Mother’s Day! I’ve been under the weather the last couple of days. I’m actually about to head out to urgent care to make sure it’s not something more than a cold. Being a bit ill has a pretty significant impact on my mood. I don’t handle it very well, admittedly. It’s one of the…

Marcus Whitney delivers a keynote at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee in 2015.

Marcus Whitney is a technology entrepreneur who cut his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. He learned his craft as an early employee at Emma and has gone on to be a co-founder of Barcamp Nashville, Jumpstart Foundry, Moontoast, and SouthernAlpha. Marcus went from being a college dropout waiter knowing no one in Nashville to a cornerstone…