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As Workplace Norms Continue to Evolve, Can Sales Shed the Bro-Culture Label?
Learn how to set the tone for how sales team should interact with one another to prevent the typical bro culture all too often found.
We Want Space to be American: A Defense of Trump’s Proposed Military Division
Look, I get it, as with the wall or resurrecting the coal industry, Space Force probably seems like the newest hyperbole that’s bubbled up from our President’s imagination. If your base tosses you vote for it, why not see how far it goes, right? Should we get it all out? Queue star wars jokes; queue […]
An Open Letter to Google about G Suite
In the spirit of G Suite, I’ve posted a copy of this letter on Google Docs, open to comments and suggested edits. So don’t be shy! I’m curious to see where this letter ends up after the crowd adds its wisdom. Add your thoughts here Dear Google, Let’s start with Thank You. Thank you for […]
Debating The Negative Effects Of Social Media On Youth
The debate around the “dangers of social media” is such a visceral topic. So many people are talking about how social media is damaging youth, how kids are getting “corrupted” by it, and even how it’s tearing down our democracy.
The 10 Stupidest Things Nouriel Roubini Said In His Testimony To The US Senate Committee on Banking
I assume Nouriel Roubini is a smart guy. So is Warren Buffet. It doesn’t mean I’d want them to do heart surgery on me, because it’s not their thing. My guess is, they’d have no interest in performing heart surgery because they know it’s not their thing. So, just because someone’s smart, doesn’t mean they understand crypto. […]
How Tech Companies Can Lead Climate Smart Sustainable Development
In today’s era of STEM skills shortages and the brutal “war for talent,” employers are looking for ways to stand apart from their hiring competitors. The young, entrepreneurial, tech workforce wants to make an impact, and a great place for employers to start is on climate action…
Net Neutrality Repeal Endangers Startup Growth
The Internet has revolutionized the way we interact, study, research, and do business. As a modern care coordination company based in New York, we use the Internet to help families manage the care of loved ones across the United States. Our ability to reach those families is threatened by the repeal of net neutrality rules, […]
Entrepreneurism and Your Cat Pan: A Horror Story?
I have often said that entrepreneurism is a socially acceptable form of mania. By that, I meant that entrepreneurs, by definition, see themselves as standing apart from the crowd. They take on risks that cause other to quail, drive themselves and their teams to peak levels of performance, and sometimes over believe in themselves and […]
Social vs. Financial: What You Need to Know About the Real Value of a Business
The fraud prevention business grows more valuable by the day. The steady stream of consumer data breaches and the exploitation of stolen data by organized criminals is part of why the global market value of the AI-supported data security industry will hit $17B to $18B by 2023. There’s a lot to be said for building […]
The One Graph That Shows (Again) That Facebook’s Epic Run Has Ended
I mostly write about Crypto. I’ve written about “Why Crypto’s A Growing Threat To FAMGA (a.k.a. Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon)”. But that’s in the future. This post is about how after being a massive Facebook’s bull for 8 years, I turned negative in January because of one chart. I’ve written about how I […]