I’m sitting in a dermatology clinic and I’ve got to tell you, this place is booming. The waiting room is huge and close to full. There are almost as many pharma sales reps as patients, but still. If you’re looking for market opportunity, there’s no shortage of people wanting to[…] Read On
Did you happen to catch Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes on the Today Show yesterday? Now that her Silicon Valley startup is in hot water with just about every federal agency in America, she’s devastated that they didn’t catch and fix their issues sooner. This, after spending the past six months claiming that[…] Read On
Executives and business leaders used to be very clear on who our stakeholders were: customers, investors, and employees. Maybe a few strategic partners in the channel or supply chain too, but that was it. Simple. Today, it’s as if every company big or small has to adopt everyone and every cause[…] Read On
It’s opening day for Major League Baseball. That brings back memories … not all of them pleasant. I once pitched for the worst baseball team in little league history. I’m not kidding. When I injured my shoulder and got yanked out of the game, we lost by 20 runs. We[…] Read On
Facebook envy: Jealousy resulting from the misperception that everyone has a great life but you. It’s actually not Facebook’s fault that we tend to portray ourselves in the best possible light online. Why we do it is another topic for another day. For now, just accept that it’s what people[…] Read On
Branding has a branding problem. The advent of “personal branding” and broad substitution of the word “brands” for “companies” have diluted the meaning of this critically important principle for individuals and marketing strategy for companies big and small. Branding is actually about making and keeping promises. A brand tells customers[…] Read On
“When one door closes, fortune will usually open another.” Usually attributed to Alexander Graham Bell, that quote was actually said by Fernando de Rojas, famed author of La Celestina around the time of the Spanish Renaissance, c. 1500 ish (I found it in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations). It represents one of[…] Read On