Jul 5, 2022Behind every good entrepreneur…I have generally avoided personal posts like this, but this one is so relevant to anyone who has founded a company. This is my amazing wife. Twenty-some years ago she had the misfortune of marrying a guy who has had the entrepreneurial bug since childhood. For the past seven years…Entrepreneurship2 min readEntrepreneurship2 min read
Feb 13, 2022Rules for Thee and Not for MeMy drive home from the trails can be a bit scary on Sundays. Mulholland Highway turns into a speedway for car clubs, with the monied folks in Los Angeles screeching through the canyons in their Ferraris, Porsches, and McLarens. …Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
Jun 27, 2019If people don’t pay attention to flight safety demos, they certainly don’t pay attention to your HR & Compliance training…I was on my way back from the SHRM conference last night and got to thinking as the plane pulled back from the gate. Three terrific flight attendants were trying their best to explain to me and 130 other disinterested souls how to save our lives if this big metal…Harassment3 min readHarassment3 min read
Mar 30, 2018A Rocket Launch is a Great Way to Start Your Day…I was eating Rice Krispies a little before 7 this morning. I read on Twitter that a Falcon 9 was launching from Vandenberg in eight minutes. I roused my youngest son (my teenager was still in a deep sleep), got him and my wife in the car and drove to…Space2 min readSpace2 min read
Jan 6, 2018Binge Watching Lost Makes me a Better CEOFor those of you who are aging Lost fans, I think this one will resonate. As you may know, Netflix pulled the show on January 4th, 2018, leaving me, my wife and my sons with a grand total of three weeks to watch 121 episodes. That works out to around…Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
Oct 3, 2017PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT THROUGH ROLE PLAY TRAININGInterested in improving the performance of your client facing teams? In today’s ultra-competitive environment, the answer is of course! The drive for better performance and efficiency is intensifying throughout every industry, highlighting the need to find effective methods to support and enhance employee achievement. Every day senior executives and managers…Sales3 min readSales3 min read
Sep 10, 2017Role Play is Fun, and it Works…I swear — it’s absolutely true! Role play training is the real deal people! I woke up one morning with a really big problem. My little company had a huge channel partner with sales reps scattered around the globe. Those sales reps needed to learn how to sell our product…Sales4 min readSales4 min read
Jun 25, 2017Scoring Crazy Little League Games vs. Running a Startup…It’s All-Star season for youth baseball leagues across Southern California. Youth baseball in SoCal is just as crazy as hockey was when I was a kid growing up in Canada — maybe even more so (and that’s really saying something). I was speaking with Corey Barak, a good friend of…Sports5 min readSports5 min read
Jun 17, 20176 Lessons My Sons Have Taught Me About Running a Successful Start-UpAh, Father’s Day weekend. Lots of family time (including sitting shotgun beside my favorite eldest son in the car for the first time) but also plenty of work to do. Many older entrepreneurs like myself are super-conflicted about the balance (or lack thereof) between our work and family lives. As…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
May 20, 2017Teaching an old dog how to start a companyI’m Steve, and that’s me on the right. I’m not afraid to admit it — I’m almost 47 and, yes, I’m getting old. Not “I can’t remember where I parked my car” old. Not “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” old. …Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
