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- Startup Founders: The Involved vs. The Committed
- I’m going to refrain from starting this off with thestory about the chicken and the pig (there’s something about the formerbeing involved and the latter being committed). I’m vegetarian so thisparticular folksy tale doesn’t have a resonance with me.In the startup world, the phrase that is often bouncedaround, is...
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- Startups: Why What You Build Is Less Important Than Who You Build It With
- I’m in the middle of reading “FoundersAt Work†by Jessica Livingston. The book is basically acollection of interviews with founders of some prominent software startups. What I like about the book (I’m about half way through) is that theinterviews are pretty detailed and Jessica does a great job of...
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake
- The “me too†label has been applied to a pastwhen a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors. Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers, onlinecalendars, personal website creators, etc. Each of these categories at onetime or another was pursued by over a dozen...
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake
- The "me too" label has been applied to a past when a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors. Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers, online calendars, personal website creators, etc. Each of these categories at one time or another was pursued...
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Startup Founders: Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough?
- I came across an article recently titled “ResearchersUncover Best Bosses’ Success Secretâ€Â. I was hoping tofind some revealing insight about what makes great bosses. Unfortunately,I really didn’t glean that from the article. Basically, the point the article makes is that the mostsuccessful bosses tend to find a good...
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Startup Founders: Are You Too Assertive, Or Not Enough?
- I came across an article recently titled “Researchers Uncover Best Bosses’ Success Secret”. I was hoping to find some revealing insight about what makes great bosses. Unfortunately, I really didn’t glean that from the article. Basically, the...
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Startups vs. The Big Guys: The Power Of Caring For Customers
- I’ve been working in and around startups for most ofmy professional career. A topic that often comes up in startups I’madvising or considering an investment in is: “How will the big guysrespond?â€Â. This is an interesting question and for all the obviousreasons, should not be dismissed as...
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
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- What I Did on My Summer Vacation
- What I Did on My Summer Vacationgood luckMy husband just finished and we are now off onto our next adventure. While he was at school I worked full time and raised our 2 children. I also took classes, but only part time. I'm going to take much...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!
- Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!RE: Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!Thinking from the point of view of your boss is extremely important. Remember, they are on the lne and very visible, espescially in sales and also very vulnerable to job loss.A new boss immediately looks for who...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Chip Conley: Should I Take My Burning Man Pics off Facebook?
- When hotelier Chip Conley posted pictures from his Burning Man trip on his Facebook page, some of his employees complained that they were inappropriate for a CEO. ...
- Articles 2009-10-29
- Why I'll Take my Chances and Stay in School
- Why I'll Take my Chances and Stay in SchoolCherish work and working up the ladder!Jenna, your conclusion is excellent. Thank you for bringing it into the open.RE: Why I'll Take my Chances and Stay in SchoolFrom a CEO of a private company (T/O $300m p.a. & 20 staff) - It...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-23
- I'm Not Here Right Now | BTalk Australia
- Do you hide behind technology? Or do use your email as a weapon? Perhaps you're one of those people who believes your worth in an organisation is directly related to the number of emails you write. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to John Ogier...
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Should I Stand Up to an Abusive Boss?
- Dear Stanley, My boss is always complaining about me. He uses me as his scapegoat. I hear him blaming his mistakes on his admin -- that's me. I am up for my review soon and want to tell him I don't...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- I would rather cut bait than be phished in Hotmail's waters
- By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Nagging Capital One credit card commercials ask, "What's in your wallet?" Perhaps for the connected age, the question should be "What's in your digital wallet?" If the answer is a password used at Windows Live Hotmail and pretty much...
- News items 2009-10-05
- I dumped Saturn before GM did
- Fortune Magazine -- Until last week I had been one of General Motors' most reliable customers for more than 15 years. But my customer relationship with GM ended the very day that GM announced it was closing its Saturn operation -- something I learned when I came home from trading...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked
- Yesterday, around lunchtime, my test model of Nokia N900 arrived at the door. And, with a few hours of sleep interrupt, Â I've been playing with it ever since. For about 15 hrs. now. So I think it's time to put it away for a while, and share some first impressions...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Caffeine Dreams: Can I Taste Perfect Coffee? [Taste Test]
- Copy this whole post to another site I love coffee. Probably more than you do. But I'm not as obsessed as the people who devote their lives to coffee, forever searching for the perfect cup through practices that mingle science and voodoo. I want to be. When I or anyone...
- News items 2009-08-30
- Push versus Pull relationships and why I left Facebook
- Tomorrow I'm going to celebrate my first month without Facebook. I've been using the service since it originally came out and was only offered to University students. I stuck with it when they added the news feed feature that at first was heavily controversial, yet today is looked upon as...
- News items 2009-08-31
- Guest Post: The Lou Dobbs I Know
- John Towriss, CNN's former Deputy Washington Bureau Chief writes about the Lou Dobbs he knew. Towriss spent 22 years at CNN, departing in 2002. I've been gone from CNN for a half dozen years but during my 21 years there and as another CNN original like Lou Dobbs I had...
- News items 2009-11-12
- Why I'll Take my Chances and Stay in School
- When BNET's Nicole Solis first asked me to write a rebuttal for BNET's latest feature package "What's That MBA Really Worth?" my first thought was, "Well, I don't know. I just started an MBA program! What do I know about what it's worth in the real world?" (OK, so maybe...
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
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