I believe there are four types of product leaders in high-tech companies: Starter, Scaler, Steward, and Sage. Each type has different skills, mindsets and predispositions. Hiring managers and CEOs will do well to reflect on who they actually need before they begin the recruiting process for product managers or product VPs.
Read MoreIn the universe of digital projects initiated and funded within a large enterprise, some are transformational, some incremental, some chimerical, and a subset of the first eventually degenerates into misadventures. The real question is do you know which is what at any point in time.
Read MoreA horror story of an enterprise-wide systems transformation program seen from both sides of the table (software vendor and client). Inspired by real events.
Read More“Are the dogs eating the dog food” is a widely used metaphor in board meetings, but has a deeper subtext often left unexplored.
Read MoreBeing passionate about the solution vs. the problem is the most understated and under-examined malaise of our time. Many a startup has been brought to its knees by misplaced love.
Read MoreBuilding a data business based on user data often feels like a Sisyphean task. Until there is enough data, no one wants to be a user. And until there are enough users, there is not enough data.
How can data aggregators go from nothing to something and get on the path to liquidity and scale?
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