I’ve always believed that the care and maintenance of a tech company culture is extremely important. One of the most important factors confronting executive management in a growing tech company. I’ve both written about and produced a video on this topic in the past. If you buy into the premise that your corporate culture is […]
Business Diversification vs. Focus in Tech Companies
What are the biggest factors that drive a company toward either a relentless focus on its core business or a penchant for business diversification? In my experience, the background, personal experiences, and attitudes of the CEO or founders. It really depends upon what these folks are used to and comfortable with. A CEO who came […]
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 usually about how much and to whom, not whether. But VC-backed companies represent only a tiny fraction of the total […]
Tech Company Leadership, Followers & Managing Up
A lot of people think the secret to good tech company leadership is being smart and decisive. Or maybe they believe the most important aspect is being able to inspire the troops. Or to provide adequate resources for company success. All of that is important, of course. But I think that there are other important […]
VERY Early Stage Tech Sales & Marketing
There is a lot of different stuff written about sales and marketing, and even more specifically, tech sales & marketing. Much of it is very good. Some is awful. What I think is an under-covered and under-appreciated aspect of sales and marketing activities is the earliest stages of a technology company’s existence. In fact, these […]
