Apparently the word “poli-tics” is derived from “poli,” meaning many, and “tics,” meaning blood sucking parasites. I can’t take credit for that one – it’s apparently been said by all sorts of notables from Robin Williams to Barry Goldwater Jr. (Hat tip to Andrew W.) Am I really that[…] Read On
Elizabeth Warren is at it again. This time the rapidly declining democratic candidate is proposing hefty civil and criminal penalties for the spreading of disinformation online. Let that sink in for a minute. This is the woman who lied about her background – calling herself a native American and a[…] Read On
Dear WebMD, What do you do when you wake up and suddenly realize you forgot to take your meds for three days straight? While you were out playing manic psycho dude you managed to royally screw up everyone’s weekend. Now the wife’s locked the bedroom door and no one else[…] 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
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
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
Face it, there’s no escaping the realization that you were completely full of shit when you said, “I’m ready to get back to work.” Maybe you were ready to get back home or to have the house back to yourself. That I believe. But back to work? I don’t think[…] Read On