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The days when you locked and loaded your career in school, and then blasted away down that same narrow path the rest of your life, are gone, never to return. Career survival today requires thinking and acting like a business owner starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot Read More

One of the toughest challenges of every business professional and business owner is the fact that there are so many things that you don’t like to do, or can’t control. Things like networking for mentors, developing a business strategy, or hiring and firing people. These aren’t fun, especially for a Read More

New venture owners almost always cite a shortage of cash as the reason for failure, but if you look deeper, I believe the reason is more often about dysfunctional people and leadership. Sometimes it comes right back to the owner, in terms of a malaise often called "founder's syndrome." A few years Read More

Some managers and business leaders insist on regularly scheduled one-on-one strategy and mentoring meetings with subordinates, while others feel these to be minimally productive, and prefer full team sessions for the most effective communication. After many years on both sides of the management rol Read More

Many people seem to have the sense that a real code of ethics is becoming rare in business, and unfortunately most startup professionals and business owners I know don't believe they can survive by fighting the trend. They don't realize that if they don't take an active role in the solution, they b Read More

I’m convinced that people who have fun at work are more innovative, as well as happier. I don’t have any big scientific studies to prove this, but in my considerable business experience, I haven’t seen many successes come out of a group of fearful pessimists or unhappy people. Read More

You can’t win as a new venture founder working alone. You need to have business relationships with team members, investors, customers, and a myriad of other support people. That doesn’t mean you have to be a social butterfly to succeed, or introverts need not apply. Read More

The most successful business owners and executives I have seen are savvy business people first, and experts in their field second. This may seem counter-intuitive to technologists, especially in an era when technology seems to be driving the world. Yet the sad truth is that a technology not focuse Read More

These days I see a surge of new ventures as business professionals are recovering from the pandemic slowdown and looking for new opportunities to get ahead. If you are not starting a new venture yourself, the next best thing is joining one as a co-founder, or as an early employee. It takes much t Read More

Most aspiring new venture owners believe their initial idea and inspiration require the most important creative thinking. Experienced business professionals will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the Read More