I had the tremendous privilege today to give a short commencement speech (of sorts) for the five companies “graduating” from the ATDC. The ATDC is arguably the oldest and one of the most successful start up incubators in the country and they have created billions dollars of value over the years. Today’s graduating companies included… Continue reading Graduation Speech at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
Six Secrets of Great Product Managers
I’ve often wondered if the inventors of the product management role had an odd sense of humor – how many jobs have virtually no staff and no resources of their own yet are accountable for some of the most important assets their companies own? Early in my career, I interviewed for a product management role… Continue reading Six Secrets of Great Product Managers
Read This If You’ve Been Hacked (or Want To Avoid It)
It started with an email from a friend of mine. The message said, “check out this article” and had a normal looking link to nbcnews.com. Just as I was about to click on the link, I spotted something. I picked up the phone and called my friend. “Buddy, you’ve been hacked”. My friend had clicked on a… Continue reading Read This If You’ve Been Hacked (or Want To Avoid It)
How to Spot Malicious Emails
I’ve spent a good part of my career in and around email. I’ve learned a bit about what separates legitimate email from that nasty stuff sent by bad guys trying to hack into your online life. Like locks on your house, email security technology isn’t perfect but it definitely makes it harder for bad guys… Continue reading How to Spot Malicious Emails
My Virus Checker Will Keep Me Safe, and Other Internet Security Myths
No, Bill Gates is not going to give you a free trip to Disney World if you forward this blog post to 100 people. While the Bill Gates thing is clearly fake, the internet is full of mythology and people regularly act on stuff that defies common sense. Unfortunately, even for something as important as… Continue reading My Virus Checker Will Keep Me Safe, and Other Internet Security Myths
Lifetime Achievement Award Q&A
I was recently recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Technology Association of Georgia. As part of the award ceremony, the folks at What’s Up Interactive put together a ten minute Q&A with topics ranging from big lessons learned and the future of marketing.
Team Building – Tallest Tower
Overview: The Tallest Towers is one of the most popular and engaging team building exercises of all time. There are lots of variations on the idea including one covered in a great TED Talk by Tom Wujec. The idea is simple: each team must use a small set of materials to create the tallest possible… Continue reading Team Building – Tallest Tower
Team Building – Story Telling
I have always been a fan of team building events to help organizations work more collaboratively and help people build more personal connections. We have done countless events like this at Silverpop over the years and I thought I’d share a few that have worked particularly well. Team Story Telling Overview: Each team of 4-8… Continue reading Team Building – Story Telling
My Favorite Professional Books
I am a big fan of truly fundamental ideas. I call these “First Principles.” Too many supposed big ideas are just symptoms of subtler and often deeper first principles. Remember the business fad that said free back massages were key to productivity? Back massages are obviously great but most businesses will find there are many other… Continue reading My Favorite Professional Books
Recommended Sites
Here are a few sites that I recommend: Techmeme – my favorite daily news site for the technology industry MindTools – a great overview of business best practices and good ideas SaaS Economics – the underlying financial drivers of software as a service business models Teaching Kids Programming – a great collection of resources for kids… Continue reading Recommended Sites
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