February 2012
2 posts
Delegation abuse
I was planning to focus this week’s blog post on the dangers of learning from success, but I got some feedback from my earlier post dismissing the overused management act of delegation that I want to discuss.
While delegation certainly has its place at work, my point here is it’s totally abused in business. Believe it or not, it’s possible to be a great leader without...
Velocity trumps magnitude
A few nights ago I caught up with a friend / investor / technology executive traveling through NYC.
We had a great chat about business and the merits of building something truly huge (home run) versus a series of well executed, but smaller businesses / projects / deals (doubles or triples). It’s hard for most of us to get excited about building something small, but we all realize there are...
January 2012
2 posts
Details matter
When I first started managing a team, I was advised to become effective at delegating, removing myself from the details, and to not take on too many problems directly so that I can scale. It was something I never felt comfortable with and I didn’t necessarily aspire to “be” the people giving me this advice. So, I started observing what other managers around me were doing. I...
Don't do this in business
I started making money in tech by hacking game consoles and building custom websites when I was in junior high school. When I got to college, I started a software development company with one of my good friends. We left college a year later to focus on building the business up. As we grew, we merged with another business and before we knew it were selling software to some of the biggest...
November 2011
1 post
