Monthly Archives: November 2011
Netflix needs urgent change to stop the bleeding and rebuild its business model. It is running out of cash and losing support from customers and shareholders. Management must re-establish its credibility with bold moves. Here is a series of steps and techniques to do that. Continue reading
Recently, however, I was faced with an unusual situation: two of my male mentees were overlooked and a woman received a partnership offer. In most tech companies, there are very few partnership positions. The candidates, male or female, have to work very hard and show great talent, year after year, to be considered for a partnership promotion. I had to look at the problem impartially: were these men denied a promotion because of ability or because their company wanted to promote a woman? Continue reading
Never in the history of America have the elected leaders been held in such low regard. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll just 23% the population regard Congress in a favorable light. That is the good news, Gallup has the rating at 13%. So in all this doom, gloom and despair there was a couple of weeks ago something for those interested in innovation to cheer about. Continue reading
We should honor our inventors and perhaps we don’t do that enough, but having an original idea is just one early step toward successful innovation. We rightly and very pragmatically withhold our thanks and praise until we can see a clear benefit… Continue reading
Conventional mail went through ultra-commodification years ago. Once the letterbox was a rich emotional reservoir of letters, postcards and parcels, but today it’s often the domain of the bill, brutally rational and loveless. Continue reading
I was honored to participate as a mentor and master of ceremonies at the first Startup Weekend Dubai. I met many entrepreneurs there, all of them with energy, enthusiasm and an idea for starting a business. Most of the ideas were innovative, or could be with a little work. Continue reading
