I took that advice quite literally this weekend. After spending much of my life working in an industry that’s behind the times as far as Internet policies go*. I decided the best professional path for me is one that converges with my long term startup goals. Admittedly, we’ve struggled to zero in on a market we can best serve with a critical value product at Victus Media. I need to get stronger, faster, and hyper connected to have a shot at success. I want nothing more than to be a founder first, and I’m not afraid to knuckle down and take a different road to get there.
Tag: leadership
From farming, to factories, to refactoring code
Massive Cash Reserves are a Sign of a Broken Economy
Who’s not investing?
A number of tech companies have significant cash reserves compared to their yearly costs and revenue. Microsoft, Apple, and Google all fall into this category with billions of dollars sitting in money markets or other liquid assets^. These highly profitable businesses are building huge stockpiles of cash instead of reinvesting it in their own business, purchasing other companies (M&A), or distributing it to shareholders through dividends. Let’s look at the motivations behind high profit companies sitting on mountains of cash.
Startup Weapons: The Slingshot, the Symbiote, the Whip and the Phoenix
The Slingshot
The slingshot requires that the startup position itself between two or more market leaders. The larger companies provide products adjacent to the problem your startup is solving, but compliment each other perfectly.
Locate the Minimize Button for Exhaustion
Exercise daily. That’s the best advice I can give. The rest of the post is what drains my batteries each day and why.
Design to Inspire Fanatic Customers, Align with Motivated Partners, and Execute
3 Steps because you have don’t have time to read 4
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The Cage Guards against the Tiger only if We’re Outside it’s Bars
I’m a Founder First
Sharpening Round Edges
I’m not an engineer
I’m a filthy hacker trying to Macgyver my way to a first product
Purpose Driven Meetings – New Metrics
A leader with clear purpose conveys meaning with little confusion or wasted energy. A gathering with a clear purpose focuses the attention and energy of participants towards a measurable outcome. (more…)
Balancing Bricks and Balloons
The following post is another brick in the road to becoming real series*. Although I’ve managed to discretize the phases below, in reality they are often convoluted and delightfully intertwined (more…)