Tasting Napa cabs at a local bar with my former CPA of twenty years, we got to talking about why we always got along so well. “I don’t know how you put up with me,” I said, taking a sip of a Lateral Bordeaux blend, “but I’ve always gotten along[…] Read On
Everyone talks about changing the world. Starry-eyed socialists. Millennials. Entrepreneurs. Millennials who think they’re entrepreneurs but are really just freelancers, gig workers or unemployed slackers. Even corporate executives. Pretty much everyone seems desperate to have their work mean more than just a paycheck, so CEOs are scrambling to infuse a[…] Read On
We’ve all said things we come to regret, where what sounds like a good idea at the time ends up as what the f— was I thinking? In an online culture where CEOs are celebrities and tweets go viral overnight, one mistake can turn into a full-blown crisis. Who can[…] Read On
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A merger between two public technology companies ends in disaster. Turns out the executives of the company being acquired sugarcoated critical aspects of their technology and the acquiring company’s CEO bought it hook, line and sinker. This is not some sort of[…] Read On
If collaboration is king, then how come the one thing that distinguishes the most successful entrepreneurs of the modern era is their absolute faith in themselves? Despite long odds and hoards of naysayers, they listened to their gut, carved their own path and won big. They trusted their own focus[…] Read On
In case you didn’t know, I’m very into cooking. Asian cuisine in particular but I dabble in Italian, Cajun and Mexican, among others. Don’t call me a foodie; that’s just a fad. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid back in the dark ages. One of my favorite shows, Food[…] Read On
Overheard this morning in the Tobak household: Steve: Check this out, God is on Twitter. Kim: Um … and this matters to me why? Steve: I don’t know, it’s just funny. He tweets funny shit like “There’s not a plan.” Kim: Still not getting it. Steve: He has like 5 million[…] Read On