In my entire career as a low-budget blogger, I’ve only touched on politics once. Generally, it’s a topic I leave alone. But in a recent post about his relationship with Apple, Brad Feld rather succinctly called out why he doesn’t…
Marketing your products and the three parts of a conversation…
Marketing is the voice for your products. It’s the tool for creating conversation with everyone you need to talk to, from prospective customers to existing customers, partners, investors and everyone else. Just like any conversation, there are things you should…
Low Bridges & Why Startups Should Behave Like Vectors, not Scalars…
Cast your mind back to high school math (sorry). Scalars have magnitude e.g. driving at 30mph. Vectors have magnitude and direction e.g. driving at 30 mph due east. One of my recent consulting gigs has been a constant reminder of…
Lifestyle vs VC: is it really keeping your soul vs making a profit?
While I was at BarCampRDU the other weekend, I got chance to catch up with Dugald Wilson. Dugald holds a special place in my business heart as he was the first person ever to publicly admit to reading the disruptorMonkey…
Things I suck at — Part 1 of a many part series…
Brad Feld is apparently very fond of asking “What do you suck at?”, a topic he’s blogged about on a few different occasions. I thought I’d make a contribution. Exhibit A – Pride Comes Before A Fall Since I now…
Ego, Arrogance, Checks & Balances…
Fred Wilson has posted a few times about arrogance & ego. He’s mentioned that some folks find him arrogant, which is far from the impression I get from his blog. What I see is competence derived from experience. But I’ve…