Entrepreneurship

My post on talking more about failure resulted in a surprisingly large amount of email and positive feedback. In addition to plenty of private emails and a few comments, Andrew

Irving Wladawsky-Berger – IBM’s VP of Technical Strategy and Innovation (and one of the few “must-read” IBM employee blogs that I’m aware of) has a good post up summarizi

My long time friend (since 1984 – wow) and extremely experienced entrepreneur / CEO Will Herman has another great post up today – this time it’s about firing someone. Will&rsqu

As I sit in the Seattle airport waiting to board my delayed flight to Anchorage (Dear Alaska Airlines: Since it’s a “mechanical delay”, please feel free to delay it as

If you are a CEO or a VP of Sales, you should read Will Herman’s great post titled “Just Say No To Weighted Average Sales Forecasting.” Will’s a very accomplished

A few days ago I wrote that there wasn’t enough talk about failure. I had an awesome run tonight in the mountains behind my house and pondered – among other

I received a lot of interesting and positive feedback on my post on talking about failure. There’s no question that enlightened entrepreneurs get the value of failure and generally enlight

Thankfully I no longer get fedexed binders of board packages from my portfolio companies in advance of a board meeting. Through the modern miracle of email, the board packages show

I’ve noticed a pattern in many of the VC and entrepreneur blogs I read – very few people ever talk about failure. Failure is a key part of entrepreneurship. As an [&

Often there’s a perception that to be a successful CEO, you need to be an extrovert. Media and pop culture reinforces this – we regularly see people that are comfortable