Random Thoughts

“Some people have a way with words, and other people…oh, uh, not have way.”~ Steve Martin The words you choose to establish a framework through which you find meaning in your life. And our lives are enriched by the…
How do you feel when you get fired from your job? Obviously, not very great. Especially when you’re a CEO of the organization you co-founded. It requires a very different level of self-cognizance to think similar to Groupon’s former CEO…
Products. You don’t get better otherwise. Your job is to make products. The point is, the street food vendor who prepares hot-dog or cheeseburger has absolute clarity about what his product is. He doesn’t avoid buying bread loaf and…
Two CEOs of two mid-sized software companies and I were talking last week. The discussion was about how we see the software industry in 2013. All three of us agreed that the industry has become more challenging and the preconceived norms…