Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Brad Feld on the Rally Cafe. Brad is one of the managing directors of the venture capital group The Foundry Group. In this interview he discusses tons of topics ranging from the common mistakes startups make when approaching VC’s to what he see’s as “hot” in technology today [...]
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Interview with Brad Feld, Technology Venture Capitalist
August 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · News and Information, Tech Fun
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Bert Decker: You’ve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard
December 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · News and Information, Presentation Goodness
I’ve never thought of myself as a natural speaker, but a few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in an incredible coaching experiencing with some folks from Decker Communications in a class called Communicating to Influence. It really changed the way I see myself as a communicator now. After the class, I was [...]
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What United Airlines could learn from JAL
December 3rd, 2008 · 13 Comments · Corporate Culture (or not), News and Information
Haruka Nishimatsu There was an amazing interview on CNN recently with Haruka Nishimatsu, the CEO of JAL, Japan Airlines. The interview could have been a primer on how to be an ethical CEO who cares about his people and his company more than he cares about his own compensation. According to the report, when JAL [...]
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What Toyota knows that GM doesn’t
November 17th, 2008 · 323 Comments · Corporate Culture (or not), News and Information
Toyota Production Line Do you know how many hourly jobs GM has laid off from 2006 to July 2008? Take a guess. How about 34,000? And now, they’re talking about another 5,500 layoffs. And now they’re asking you and your government for a bailout to end their troubled, outdated, low quality, wasteful production system. But, [...]
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