Time Off Is For Wimps?
Time Off? Not On My Watch. So in my absolute favorite movie of all time, Wall Street, there is this great scene where Bud Fox first meets Gordon Gekko in his office…
July 31, 2015It’s The Product, Stupid!
Why Most Startups Fail: The Product It never ceases to amaze me when startups fail, and the founders are crying in their beers that most of the time, they just didn’t get…
July 30, 2015Life As Minimum Viable Product
Minimum Viable Products Are Great If you’ve been exposed or are in the startup world you’ve probably heard the term minimum viable product – which basically means the barest minimum of a…
July 29, 2015Innovating With Acquihires?
How Acquihires Can Hurt Your Business A number of companies I’ve worked with seem to have a pattern for innovating – instead of looking to build products and services based on the…
July 27, 2015Speak No Evil: Motivation Malarkey
Motivation – Shmotivation I’ve recently noted a number of posts that are simply inspirational quotes from others. Aside from a few quotes from William Gibson or Dan Pink, I rarely quote other…
July 24, 2015You Are Your Social Network
Your Social Network Is Now You I was talking to a guy the other who said that he wasn’t on Facebook or LinkedIn or Twitter. In fact, he had no social network accounts at…
July 23, 2015Your Grandkids Won’t Need to Know How to Drive
Near Future, No One Will Need To Know How To Drive I was talking with my sons the other day about driving – I have one son who is learning to drive…
July 21, 2015Ageism: The Worst Kept Deep Dark Secret
Ageism Is Everywhere, It Sucks, and Few Care Today I’m going to tackle a sensitive topic. I don’t know how sensitive this topic really is because I think everyone is pretty well…
July 20, 2015Everyone Is an Entrepreneur
We Are Born Entrepreneurs Humans are amazing creatures. There is almost nothing that we can’t do, and if we can’t do it, we build ourselves a machine to help us do it,…
July 17, 2015