This investor and three-time tech CEO says the modern alphabet soup of C-level titles threatens to slow down innovation. The nation’s deadly winter flu epidemic, thankfully, has finally petered out. B…
Want to Hire More Women? They Need to Be in Your Network
In the last nine months, something unusual has happened at our investment firm: We hired three women as CEOs to run companies in our portfolio. Last summer, we tapped Dede Wakefield to run Alogent*, o…
Why ‘Boring’ Can Be Beautiful In Tech Investing
You’ve seen those Dos Equis beer ads starring “The Most Interesting Man in the World.” That’s not me. In fact, I might be The Most Boring Man in the World. My wife jokes that before we had children, t…
Think. Decide. Act: Leading Through Tough Times
Building a business is challenging, and mistakes are inevitable. Sometimes those mistakes are catastrophic, and your entire business model gets scrapped. This is politely termed a ‘pivot,’ and many su…