Insights on leadership, entrepreneurialism and management
Mankind Is Your Business
Read more“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in...
Executives and Promotions
Read moreWhat does one need to be promoted into the executive ranks? This was a question posed to me by a former student. Now embedded in a company, he wanted to climb the next rung of the corporate ladder but...
Tech’s Next Wave
Read moreEveryone wants to know what tech’s next big wave will be, and when it will get here. As Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO, I think I can offer some viable prognostication. “When” may be more important than “what.” Foremost,...
China’s Influence Through Manufacturing
Read moreMainland China’s government has made several provocative declarations and investments seemingly designed to turn the Eastern nation into a world-dominating manufacturer. But the mechanics of a key industry and a hyper-competitive global marketplace – the foundation of China’s past...
Mergers, Acquisitions and Unemployment
Read moreOne of the easiest ways to lose your job is when your company is acquired, or is the small fish in a merger. This ugly reality has come to the forefront again. Many industries go through radical cycles of...
Tech Partnership Strategies
Read moreIn high tech, you partner. Someday, somehow, with someone. Partnerships are inevitable in tech. The reason is very simple: tech is complex. Nobody, not even Google, can own all aspects of a tech product; because the complexity for anything,...