A framework and social contract for growing stronger from mistakes. Lessons from managing over 700 employees while making mistakes – Resilience is more important than perfection. You are an…
TLDR: Startup fundraising starts well before you are actively raising (lessons from +$100M raised). When done well it is a competitive Auction. There are 3 main phases: a) build an…
Companies that clearly define their target audience and focus on conquering that addressable market can become very successful, especially if their target audience is part of a focused well-defined…
Every business story needs to be: Radically Simple. Instantly Credible. Can’t-sleep Exciting. Success in almost every new initiative or startup begins with telling & selling a story. Then, over time…
Reflection drives ideas, which drive action which drives growth. Reflection starts by asking great questions, deciding which are valuable to answer then diving in deep until you find the truth.…
Fantastic to see ADP and Lifion Team continue to progress and make waves in the industry. World leading HR Tech analyst Josh Bersin’s view on ADP and it’s next-gen technologies…
Originally published here. Hello world. It’s time for the next adventure. It has been an unbelievable journey at ADP and Lifion over the past 5 years. A journey that I…
Have been quite for a bit, busy with big creation at work, here is a recent analyst review of what we have accomplished so far. As always feel free to…
Originally published on Harvard Business Review. In a traditional team structure, conflicts can be escalated to the boss to resolve. Can’t agree on how to prioritize projects, or on which…
Originally published on Entrepreneur Magazine. Traditional top-down management can create a single point of failure within each department: a middle manager held accountable for his team’s projects…
Not so long ago, taking a trip to New York City meant riding around in yellow taxis and staying at the Plaza Hotel. Now, for many, it means staying at…
Originally published on CEO.com. Not long ago, employees succeeded in the workplace by producing consistent, high-quality work as specifically directed by their managers. Once promoted into middle…
Originally published on Ventureburn. Hiring experienced technologists is difficult. Many are happy in their current positions, and the others are inundated with offers. With software developer…
Originally published on Young Upstarts. Culture will make or break your startup. You can’t just create a company culture, but you can direct it in the way you develop leaders,…
Originally published on Business2Community. Software development and startup companies have an almost endless list of things to do. Even if they complete all of their tasks, there’s no guaranteed…
Originally published on MIT News by Rob Matheson December 11, 2014 Tracking what students grasp Socrative mobile quiz app saves teachers time and offers real-time data on student comprehension of…
Building a strategy is similar to solving a very complicated problem. The computer science approach to this is break the big problem into smaller ones, but that is not a…
When building a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) the goal is to build something as quickly as possible, release it to the world and get feedback. Then improve and continue building.…
My goal in this post is to break down the main activities great Product Managers do and briefly discuss each. This is meant to help organize and break apart the complex world…
In this post I hope to quickly break apart the feature prioritization process. My goal is to help make prioritization more of a science and less of an art. Nothing below…