There is a range of operating styles among entrepreneurs in the hardware and software companies. Some CEOs are “quants”; very numbers oriented. Others, especially in the early days, base most of their strategic decisions on experience, feel and “gut”. I believe that there is room for both of these approaches in strategy development; especially in […]
6 Common Areas Where a Tech Company Startup Budget is Wasted
One of the most important skills that an early stage technology management team really needs to have is the ability to objectively manage the startup budget. This is a very difficult task as senior managers are dealing with so many unknowns it is often hard to know where to spend – and where not to. […]
Pricing Fences, Promotions & 8 Deadly Sins of Customer Care
I recently got of the phone with AT&T “customer care”. It was an unusually frustrating experience, even by the standard of dealing with a multi-billion dollar corporation which has roots as a regulated utility. I had been transferred among 6 different departments over the period of a couple of days. As I write this, I’ve […]
Tech Company Employee Stock Options
One mildly controversial topic in our industry is whether to provide employee stock options broadly within a tech company. Mind you, this isn’t very controversial in VC-funded companies. The only discussion in that environment is how much and to who – not whether or not. But VC-backed companies represent only a tiny fraction of the […]
Building an Effective Tech Company Management Team
The process for successfully following this article’s headline may seem pretty obvious; hire great people! At a very simplistic level, of course, that is the answer. but as you look deeper into this very important activity the situation appears much more complicated and nuanced. First of all, there is a limited number of “great people” […]
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