Why You’re Not Getting the Most out of Your Board

Most board meetings are “update meetings” where management downloads its status to a group of investors. These outside board members spend most of the board meeting trying to reacquaint themselves with the company’s business and critical…

How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

One of the questions I’m most often asked by CEOs is how to hire sales people.

I’ve written a lot about recruiting and hiring at startups including my controversial post on whom not to hire and my rapid…

How to Control Your Board Discussion and Avoid Chaos

Recently I wrote the first post in a series on board meetings, entitled, “Why You’re Not Getting the Most out of Your Board,” which focused on the need to prepare properly, set good objectives and discuss mostly strategic topics.

How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Without DogVacay my Thanksgiving would have been ruined. That’s a fact. And I’m not an investor. I just had to tell this story. It’s a great one about entrepreneurship, friendship and the collaborative economy that is helping families in need across…

DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent…