Don’t go to art school

The traditional approach is failing us. It’s time for a change.

How to get a job as a designer without going to design school

I became a designer without going to…

I will not do your tech interview.

I am terrible at taking tech interviews. Out of dozens that I’ve done, I may never have passed one. My typical pattern goes like this: A serendipitous contact leads to outstanding phone call with a manager or recruiter. I move on to a phone screen with a hiring manager…

Accelerating serendipity

Can you make happy accidents happen more often?

Red Bull Gives You a Business Strategy

In the summer of 1982, thirty-six-year-old Austrian toothpaste salesman Dietrich Mateschitz boarded a plane for a routine business trip to Thailand. There was nothing about Mateschitz at the moment that would have tipped you off that he was about to make a…

Will I really steal your idea?

Some people demand signed non-disclosure agreements before they will…

Rise of the full-stack marketer

A shifting consensus around what the “seller” founder looks like