The real strategy behind tiered data plans

2012-06-27

Over the past year, Comcast and other broadband providers have been forcing tiered data plans on customers. The New York Times recently…

Why the integrated approach to mobile devices is winning

2012-06-25

Until last week’s announcement of the new Surface tablet, Microsoft had taken the same approach to mobile devices that they had with PCs…

Firing

2012-06-19

Firing is awful. You can try to avoid it, but even the most selective founders make serious mistakes. Here are a few things I’ve observed…

Critics and practitioners

2012-06-16

“When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy…

Equity value

2012-06-06

Warren Buffet once said: Buy into a business that’s doing so well an idiot could run it, because sooner or later, one will. This is a useful…

Different types of risk

2012-06-05

The idea that founders take on “risk” is a misleading generalization. It is far more informative to separate the specific types of risks…

Some thoughts on when to raise money, and the current financing environment

2012-06-02

A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often wonder whether to raise money now or wait…