Talent vs. Technology, the two types of acquisitions There are more and more stories lately of talent acquisitions rather than solely technology purchases. Although they are both purchases, the former is buying based on what they can do, and the later is buying on what they do… do. A wise developer once told me you make your [...]
Henry David Thoreau said: “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, or so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere through which we look – to affect the quality of the day, that is [...]
I am constantly reminded of Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 rule for all presentations. It is crazy thinking I read this article the day it was posted and have followed the rule ever since that date. Over the past 6 years the rule has taken a life of it’s own so I call it the 30/20/10 note… [...]
Sarah Lacy of Techcrunch posted “Peter Thiel: We’re in a Bubble and It’s Not the Internet. It’s Higher Education.” Peter Thiel is best known as the Co-Founder of Paypal. Thiel says: “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” he says. “Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the [...]
Trust me I know all too well, before you spend the money to create test the waters. T.A. McCann once said your first revision of your product should be a mock up of the future product to look at feel the way you envision the product to work (easy enough with PowerPoint). This visual will give the [...]