If Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast, What’s for Lunch?
Peter Drucker famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast“. Not only have I experienced this phenomenon as an entrepreneur, but I’ve also witnessed…
Thanks giving comes early
To the many people I have to thank… As my news leaked out and finally broke last week in the press, I have…
Boston revisited
Business of Software Thanks to the Business of Software for getting me out in my own home town to do a Harbor Walk. As…
Streets of San Francisco
… sometimes it pays to walk back from a meeting On a recent trip to San Fransisco, after my last meeting I decided to…
Moonset and Sunrise in Rio
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at TED Global 2014 Thanks to Bruno at TED pointing out the phenomenon, I rose early to see the moonset and…
Founders and the hired CEO
Teaming to win featuring Don Bulens We all know it and see it. Successful founding teams inspire people to take action, bind them around…
Redefining the Business of Software
Introduction Below are the slides from my talk at Business of Software today and links to all the resources I’ve referred to. Outline…
Zero to a couple of billion dollars but NOT back again!
BoS 2014 a discussion on how to seize the opportunity of the second cloud front… I’m a huge fan of the BoS conference….
Succesfully Transitioning to SaaS; A Retrospective
Guest post by Lewis Miller, CEO Qvidian Introduction from Michael Skok I’m often asked about what it takes to build a successful SaaS…
5 Things CIOs and VCs Can Learn From Each Other
From CIO Magazine Lauren Brousell of CIO Magazine posted an excellent article last week following the CxOTalk. We explored an interesting topic: the…
CIO perspectives
The critical voice of the customer Michael Skok participated in a CXO Talk panel last week hosted by CXO Magazine titled, “CIO Perspectives”….
Partnership at it’s best is mutual and customer driven
Amazon invests in Acquia Today Dries Buytaert, founder of Drupal and Acquia announced that Amazon invested in Acquia. See his post here. Partnership…