The hashtag #DoomsdayClock has been trending all day on Twitter. Wait, you mean you’ve never heard of the famed Doomsday Clock? Join the club. I hadn’t heard of it either, until today, that is. Or maybe I have but it was so traumatizing that I blocked it out. Or maybe[…] Read On
It’s impossible to overstate how destructive one toxic individual can be to a company. While that’s especially true in an early stage startup where just about anyone can have a big influence on team performance and morale, it can happen in any organization of any size if that individual is[…] Read On
James Bond is a dude. Next question. Whenever I even think about covering this topic it always comes out sounding ridiculously trite in my head, like trying to explain why 1+1=2. Human sexuality, psychology and extremely rare conditions aside, each one of us has either xx or xy chromosomes and[…] Read On
The problem I see with today’s entrepreneurial culture is a surprisingly unrealistic if not utopian expectation of the startup process. They have this notion of going straight from founding and funding to fame and fortune. Never mind the whole building a company and growing a business thing. Some of these[…] Read On
In contrast with today’s enormous and ever-growing sociopolitical divide, I seem to have a somewhat different, some might even say moderate (yikes!), take on recent world events than your average everyday American. There must be something seriously wrong with me. I couldn’t care less about the Royals, especially Prince Henry[…] Read On
You haven’t lived until you’ve spent two weeks locked in a conference room with 20 lawyers and analysts wordsmithing an SEC S-1 prospectus line by line in preparation for an IPO. Colonoscopies, jury duty and listening to Alyssa Milano are fun by comparison. Wait, it gets better. After you submit[…] Read On
A lot of people I meet say they’re news junkies. It makes me wonder if maybe they were dropped on their heads when they were little. Obviously that’s unlikely; it hardly seems plausible for so many parents and caretakers to have slippery hands and whatnot. But still. I hate[…] Read On