It’s a tempting headline, isn’t it? The answer to creating a great development organization lies just behind the click of a mouse. Spoiler alert: There is no secret formula, and anyone who tries to sell you that is, well, selling you something. There are, however, some principles that I’ve seen work in fast-moving organizations like […]
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What Kind of Company Are You?
I heard this brilliant gem through the grapevine and wanted to share it with you. (HT to Mike at First for passing it along) When you’re building a technology company, you are driven by one of three things: Sales, Product, or Technology. Which Are You? In a sales-driven company, your sales team (which could be […]
Take Your Developers with You
When was the last time your developers spent time in front of your customers? If you’re like most of the business owners I work with, you probably think that the job of meeting with customers is your job, or maybe the product manager’s job. Product managers define it. Developers build it. Right? Um, no. When […]
The Cure for the Recession
One of the TV shows we like to watch every week is CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. It is a quirky show that has some really interesting topics not seen anywhere else. A few weeks back, Anthony Mason interviewed President Obama during his bus tour through the midwest. During the latter stages of the […]
Bad Words
This phrase has always bothered me. Lots of kids go around saying “Oooh, you said a bad word.” What ignorant parent teaches their kids to say these things? Certainly some words are more incendiary than others ( like this, or this). I have arrived at the conclusion that words are either appropriate at a given […]
Idol worship?
It’s not popular ( or maybe it is ) to disagree with Mark Driscoll, the high-flying pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA. He has become the spokesman for a new generation of Christians and holds tremendous sway within the Christian community. I recently watched a segment on ABC News Nightline where Mark was […]
Katrina – A Spike Lee Joint
I was cruising the channels late Saturday afternoon and stumbled across the airing of the movie ‘When The Levees Broke – A Requiem in Four Parts’, a docudrama directed by Spike Lee. The movie recounts the events leading up to and following the disastrous landfall of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. I have always been […]
Carnage and Culture – Why The West Wins
I am in the middle of reading a fascinating book that has been out for some time. The title is Carnage and Culture authored by Victor Hanson. I started reading it due to a recommendation of a good friend, and I am about half way thru. In light of the current war in Iraq, I […]