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The Scariest Company in Tech

The last few days have rocked the mobile world. HP is posturing itself as a major new player with WebOS. Nokia jumped from their burning platform into the sweet embrace of Microsoft (they are no do…

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No Accounting for Startups

Startups that are searching for a business model need to keep score differently than large companies that are executing a known business model. Yet most entrepreneurs and their VC’s make startups u…

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Building personal and organizational prestige

Most months I get at least one email from an engineering leader who believes they’d be a candidate for significantly more desirable roles if their personal brand were just better known. Similarly, when funding is readily available during periods of tech industry expansion, many companies believe they are principally…

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Steve at NeXT

Late in 1989 I opened my email one morning and there was one from sjobs@next.com saying “come see us.” So I went and spent the day and failed to make a sale, but so did Mr. Jobs.