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Practical Poetry #3

If you wish to express
An impressive best guess
Of the time of the next inbound train
Be sure you’ve declared it
Before the train’s there
And leaves the said station again

Sales for Scale (Part 1)

A friend of mine runs a 10-person company, in which the employees are, by design, predominantly product focused. To date, although he didn’t have a lot prior experience, he’s done all of the sales himself, with most of his leads coming through word of mouth and repeat business. That’s…

Finding “Good People” When Changing Jobs

The sun is shining; birds are singing; people are interviewing. In addition to a…

Three Attributes of Company Success

I came across the above Faulkner quote the other day. Since then I’ve been thinking about the mix…

The Rising Tides of Technology and (de)Urbanization

Growing Up in Silicon Valley

My younger daughter attends a small, public elementary school in the heart of Silicon Valley. Many of the children’s parents work at start-ups or venture capital firms, or are otherwise involved in the emerging technology ecosystem in some way. I have great childhood memories of…