Month: June 2016

  • When To Say, That’s Not My Problem

    When To Say, That’s Not My Problem

    I was recently visiting with a friend who retired after working as an executive for many years.  He was sharing that he recently went to a doctor’s office and noticed some inefficiencies in the way they were handling their business and found himself making suggestions to the receptionist about how they could make it better.…

  • Milestones and Summits

    Milestones and Summits

    At an earlier startup, we sold software to large corporations which entailed wrangling many people together in order to make a sale. Usually, it entailed convincing engineers it was the right decision, them convincing their management to do something, followed by a negotiation over business terms, and then approval of the budget.  The whole process could easily…