Vivek Wadhwa recently posted a column on LinkedIn with the provocative headline, Anyone, anywhere can start the next Google. Wadhwa is a “fellow” at the Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. Let's review some of his thoughts before commenting. "A common excuse that entrepreneurs make for not being able …
I was chatting with a man who had called from West of the Rockies. He was interested in marketing and sales training for his retailing manufactured home communities. With my being based not far from Chicagoland, he asked a natural and common question. "How are you going to do this cost-effectively?" My reply was that …
You hear this a lot lately. It’s a philosophy that Apple has successfully employed since 1984. Get the technology out of the way and empower the user to imagine and create. The truth is that hiding the nuts and bolts of advanced technology from the user reduces intimidation and allows a wider variety of people …
A recent article by Sam Grobart in the Technology section of the New York Times lists 10 things you can do to for a better experience with your computers, smartphones and assorted gadgets. And often at no cost. “…the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is …
Do you tend to have time or money, but not enough of either at once? It’s never been difficult to understand the time/money dilemma. Either you have lots of time and no money or lots of money and no time? There’s any old cliché that gets kicked around that says, “Work smarter, not harder” and …
