Making industries “garage ready” for startups
One of the most important events in the history of modern computing was the advent of “fabless” (“fabrication-less”) semiconductor companies…
Why is enterprise tech so far behind consumer tech? Because it can be.
Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about enterprise software: In my opinion, enterprise technology is WAY behind…
The enterprise: buyers versus users
Why does most enterprise technology feel like it is a decade behind consumer technology? For the same reason our health care system is…
“Otherwise do something else”
I remember back when I started my first company, a friend said to me “get ready to have a knot in your stomach and feel nauseous for years…
Business development: the Goldilocks principle
Background: At Hunch, we switched our focus (“pivoted“) about 14 months ago from B2C to B2B. Over that time, we pitched over 500 potential…
Some lessons learned
Note: Google was kind enough to invite me to give a short talk at their Zeitgeist conference earlier this week. It was a really interesting…