Communication is one of the most important skills in business; perhaps in life. Recently, I saw David Tisch talk about communication best practices in a lecture at Cornell Tech. I agreed with nearly everything he said and made me think someone should write a blog post on the topic. He was kind enough to let […]
Staffing an Experiment: Selling Before Hiring
Steve Blank, Eric Ries and others have observed that a startup is a fundamentally different type of organization than an established company. Paraphrasing these observations: an established company exists to deliver a product to customers as efficiently as possible, while a startup exists to determine what product to deliver, to whom and how. I believe […]