Happy 2015… and here are some new year short pieces for you to look at.
Julie Zhuo, who I don’t know, has a
blog I just found but already love … here are two great posts that really speak
to me, especially having spent so much time in startups and now at a big
company: Start-ups
versus Big Companies and also So
You Think You Want to Manage?
My colleague and mentor-extraordinaire, Brad Feld, recently suggested: If
You Want A Response, Ask Specific Questions. This is something I second very
strongly to anyone approaching someone whose time they would like, but whose
time is likely to be constrained (hint, hint – to folks approaching me in
similar generic ways).
On Father’s Day: Lessons from my Daughters
For a Father’s Day blog series, I was asked by a friend to write about being the father of daughters… here it is: http://jwa.org/blog/lessons-from-my-daughters
Happy Father’s Day!
Birds singing, sun shining, wheels turning
I am so looking forward to starting riding again. Friends of mine cycle through the winter, and maybe cycling today, but I prefer roads free of snow banks, even when melting (prone to icing in the shade). Today is a foretaste of spring to come, and bike rides to enjoy.
Meanwhile, kudos to the town of Concord, MA for surveying non-residents as well as residents on pedestrian and cyclist access and safety. Take the survey!
Great Business Model Canvas introduction
Strategyzer and the Kauffman Foundation have created a great series of short YouTube videos about using the Business Model Canvas (about which I wrote an intro in Four Reasons for a Business Model).
The example presented is for a consumer oriented business, but this tool is incredibly powerful for all kinds of endeavors – new companies, new ideas in old companies, non-profits and more.
Here are the links to the six-episode series – each only 3 or 4 minutes.
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