Every year, Santa and I get together at his place, break out the nog, boogey down to some righteous classic rock and talk about corporate America’s naughtiest CEOs. Sure they make a lot of dough but the fat man can’t resist filling their Christmas stockings with big black lumps of[…] Read On
Has it really been 20 years since the turn of the millennium and the dot-com bust? Holy crap! What the hell happened to my hair? My abs? My memory? My legendary hangover resilience? The New York Giants? At least I’m still above ground, so there is that. As I’m sure[…] Read On
I trust you all enjoyed your Christmas festivities without skewering any of your more annoying relatives with a dinner fork. Take it from me, it’s way harder than you’d think to kill someone with an ordinary eating utensil — unless of course you’re John Wick. Nothing groundbreaking on my end[…] Read On
I’ve resisted watching HBO’s Silicon Valley for years. Another cynic’s view of what Silly Valley has become in the latest bubble seemed too depressing to watch. And make no mistake, we are in a bubble. Not just private equity — ideology too. Having gone through the dot-com bubble, way too[…] Read On
The first time I was enticed to join a tech startup by some well-known executives and VCs, it didn’t take long for me to figure out that these experts must have been smoking something when they signed up for this gig. I quit after nine months. Sure enough, the company[…] Read On
This actually happened to me today. I’ll do my best to tell it straight, but it was a terrifying experience, so forgive me if it’s a little fragmented. After all, there’s only so much trauma the human mind can take. I’ve grown accustomed to making salads when I’m home for[…] Read On
Your product is your brand. Its value proposition to customers should be at the very core of how, when and what you communicate to the world. Apple, Nike, BMW and Disney have powerful brands because they are leaders in their respective industries, not the other way around. Contrary to popular[…] Read On