Creating Billion Dollar Businesses: Part 1 – Assess Your Market Risk
Aileen Lee’s “Unicorn” post on TechCrunch a few weeks ago accurately illustrated how hard it is to build a sustainable tech business, a premise I’ve written about before. I agree with her that there...
View ArticleCreating Billion Dollar Businesses: Part 2 – Assess Your Team Risk
Creating Billion Dollar Businesses: Part 2: Assess Your Team Risk It is not easy to build a sustainable technology business. Understanding the risks you may face and addressing them head-on can,...
View Article2014 Technology Predictions: The Death of Tech?
Technology has flourished as an industry by creating continuous substitutes for human processes and, lately, even for itself. Increasing compute power, storage and bandwidth – speeds and feeds- have...
View ArticleTech Bubble? Or Can Software Eat Bubbles Too?
Cell phones bring empowerment to Nepalese women – bubble or breakthrough? Source: Khabar South Asia Summary: Valuations of public and private technology companies have been quite high in recent...
View ArticleWho’s In Control? The Rise of the Empowered Consumer
In recent articles, I postulate that there is a fundamental shift occurring away from manufacturing and service economies towards Creative Economies, in which companies that embrace information,...
View Article2015 Technology Predictions: Empires Strike Back
When I first started talking about technology cross-pollination in January 2014, I described it as “the biggest trend in technology.” I now see it not as a trend or a disruption but simply, the...
View ArticleMy Best Career Mistake: Not Asking For Help
(This post first appeared on Fortune.com here) Albert Einstein once said: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” However, in my view, there are good mistakes and bad mistakes....
View ArticleAre You Really Ready to Change Careers?
(This post first appeared on Fortune.com here ) Many people will have the urge to change jobs or careers at some point in their professional life. And I believe the most common reason for change is...
View ArticleThe Real Reason You Can’t Focus at Work
(This post first appeared on Fortune.com here) As the co-founder of Centerview Capital, a new growth capital firm, being productive at work for me means to be productive at life, especially since my...
View Article2015 Technology Year in Review: Top Trends, People and Deals
Technology, today, is the leading source of productivity gains and sustained competitive advantage for every company and organization in every single industry globally. It also has the potential to...
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