Why You Should Hire Agencies & Consultants (for everything you can)
In my first decade as a tech CEO, I consistently got advice about how building a great team was essential to building a great…
Startups
Product-Market Fit is a Broken Concept. There’s a Better Way.
The startup ecosystem loves to hype the concept of product-market fit. Does your company have it? How far away from it are you? If…
We’ve Gotta Stop Using “Lifestyle Business” as a Pejorative
For a long while, American business culture has worshiped at the altar of big. Entrepreneurs want to build “big” companies, because they believe that’s…
Where Should You Start Marketing a New Business or Product?
There’s no question I get more when presenting on startup marketing than this: “I feel so overwhelmed… Where do I even start?” It’s a…
Read The Room.
When folks ask me about how best to do marketing right now, my answer is consistently turning into the same three words: Read the…
Extraordinary Times Call For Extraordinary Measures
There can no longer be doubt: the majority of people in advanced economies are living through the most life-altering event of the last forty…
Google in 2020: From Everyone’s Search Engine to Everyone’s Competitor
I’ve written a lot this year about the shifts we’re seeing from Google — moving from search engine to answer to engine and now…
As the Antitrust Case Against Google Kicks Off, Here’s Where the DOJ Should Start
Google has been, in many ways, a positive force in the worlds of technology, society, convenience, and information dissemination. It’s hard to argue that…
Why We’re Putting A Bunch of Our Savings into TinySeed
Geraldine and I have a pretty good financial situation going. We’re in our late thirties (which, according to this ridiculous TV graphic, means we’re…
Can You Still Blog Your Way to Visibility & Credibility?
In the last handful of years, I’ve had a creeping sense that blog readership is dropping across the web, even as the quantity of…