The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

Yesterday I saw two biopic films: “Amy” about the life of Jazz sensation Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27 and “Montage of Heck” about the life of Kurt Cobain, the grunge-rock generational voice who died of an…

How the Hell do I Prioritize Work, Blog & Find Balance?

I noticed this post today from Ezra Galston titled “Dear Brad, Fred & Mark: How The Hell Do You Do It?”

The premise is that either I have some magical solutions that allow me to produce a lot of content or…

Survivors

Failure.

To most people it smells. People are afraid of it. It’s like cancer or divorce. When you have it you find you who your true friends are because they’re the ones who double down on helping, on being available, on listening, on understanding. Most people run from failure or…

How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

If you follow the Twittersphere you may have noticed several people weighing in on this recent piece by Mike Isaac of the NY Times, asking “How Many Angels is Too Many?”

Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results

Many people are too cautious in sales processes and as a result when they present their solutions they end up sounding milquetoast and undifferentiated from anybody else in the market. In this post I advocate taking a…

What You Can Learn from a Scorpion

The hardest thing about starting a company is that from day one you emerge as this completely vulnerable entity trying its hardest to project success, power, trajectory and inevitability while you secretly know that you’re one knock-out blow from extinction.

Fauxmentum

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faux·men·tum
fōˈmen(t)əm,fəˈmen(t)əm/
noun

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large
“the ecommerce company gained…