If you want to get a lot of people’s attention, tell them how they can get “more.” More what? Fame. Money. Power. Influence. Hair. Bandwidth. Page views. Productivity. Fans. Followers. Downloads. Apps. Kardashians. Fast food for a buck. Pretty much anything … except maybe gray hair and wrinkles. We’ve somehow[…] Read On
Max Levchin is a very smart guy. He’s the former CTO and cofounder of PayPal, a member of the PayPal mafia that spawned much of Web 2.0, and the chairman and largest shareholder of Yelp. And when it comes to cyber security, fraud, and encryption, the guy knows his stuff.[…] Read On
GROUPTHINK: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics. We live in a sound bite culture. That’s fine for the media, headlines, and tweets. But when words take on a life of their own – when they dictate our actions[…] Read On
Put a fork in me, I’m done. I just can’t keep up this façade any longer. After a lifetime of treating everyone the same – regardless of their gender, race, age, politics, disabilities, status, or sexual orientation – I’m coming clean. Deep inside, I’m a raging misogynist, racist, and every[…] Read On
The niche concept is huge in marketing, but it’s actually a pretty big deal in positioning anything, whether it’s a company, a product or a person. And no, they’re not all the same. You are not a product. Don’t even get me started. First things first. It’s not pronounced “nēsh”[…] Read On
Real Leaders Don’t Follow is full of lessons learned the hard way – through real world experience with big bucks and executives’ careers on the line – but none more important than the one portrayed in the book’s final chapter, The Evolved Leader, which also happens to be my favorite.[…] Read On
When it comes to the media, nobody’s more cynical than I am. It’s all about getting folks to click and generate advertising revenue, right? Well, yes and no. There’s definitely one big exception. Some of us, albeit a small and probably shrinking number, are neither motivated nor compensated by page[…] Read On