Favorite Infographic Evah

I am crazy about this infographic for three reasons: It comes from the kind of company we support at Grommet. The DodoCase was the first runaway…

Watching an idea get born, startup-style…

I’ve been doing a lot of speaking with young founders at places like the Harvard i-Lab, Startup Institute, TechStars and Mass Challenge. People always want to…

Startup Biz Dev: A tricky game of long and short ball

I had an interaction with a first-time founder that reminded me how hard it is to learn the art of doing business development in startups. As…

Living large: live pitch competition at Fenway

Daily Grommet and Google Apps are collaborating on a live product pitch event at Fenway on March 19. The thing is so cool from start to…

Visit a VC: and party like it’s 1969

I spent Friday in a classroom at Harvard Business School, speaking at three sections of a “Founders’ Dilemmas” class. I was on a panel that included…

The Post-Kickstarter conundrum: Delivering companies DOA?

This piece was originally published in Xconomy, here. Picture this: two guys in a garage coding The Next Big Thing. It’s an iconic and familiar image.…

A killer tool for revealing company culture : Stop, Start, Keep

My most memorable course at HBS was taught by a young instructor (now professor) named Tom DeLong. It was called Career Management. I liked it for…

Relax, Relocate, Reinvent: New Year’s Resolutions

This piece was kindly posted on Boston.com by the journalist Michael Morisy. He asked tech people about their New Year’s resolutions. In the piece I make…

Stuff is not always just Stuff

It’s classic comedy material to roast your mother-in-law. My own could give me plenty of fodder. She’s a feisty and independent character who usually communicates whatever…