By Dave Kellogg on April 15, 2019
When it comes to evaluating a startup’s performance, I think there are two key, orthogonal questions that need to be examined: Is the company delivering growth? Is management in control of your business? Growth is the primary driver of value creation in a software startup. I’m not going to quantify what is good vs. bad […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Startup Lessons | Tagged Leadership, Management, moribund, stars, startups, strategy, stuck, unbridled, Uncategorized, Venture Capital |
By David Terrar on April 9, 2019
I attended the Hannover Messe 2019 for the first time, courtesy of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. It’s not as big as CeBIT was, but it is still a huge conference with over 20 halls of exhibitors, covering everything from Industry 4.0, integrated automation, the digital factory, industrial supply, research & technology to the digital workplace. HPE are […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud, corporate culture, Edge computing, future, HM19, hpe, hybrid cloud, innovation, strategy, supply chain, Sustainability |
By Dave Kellogg on March 13, 2019
Few founder/CEOs come from a marketing background; most come from product, many from engineering, and some from sales, service, or consulting. But few — ironically even in martech companies — grew up in the marketing department and consider marketing home. When you combine this lack of experience with the the tendency that some marketing leaders […]
Posted in Startup Lessons | Tagged CEO, marketing, startups, strategy, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
By Dave Kellogg on March 12, 2019
I’ve been making a few presentations of late, so I thought I’d share the slides to this deck which I presented earlier this week to the All Hands meeting of a high-growth SaaS company as part of their external speaker series. This one’s kind of a romp — it starts with some background on Kellblog […]
Posted in Startup Lessons | Tagged Leadership, Metrics, SaaS, startups, strategy, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
By Dave Kellogg on March 30, 2018
Startup boards are complex. While all board members own stock in the company their interests are not necessarily aligned. Founders may be motivated by a vision to change the world, to hit a certain net worth target, to see their name in an S-1, to make the Forbes 500, or — and I’ve seen crazier […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Startup Lessons | Tagged alignment, Board, exit, outcomes, Silicon Valley, startups, strategic goals, strategy, success, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
By Dave Kellogg on March 6, 2018
I’ll always be thankful for my time at Salesforce both because I met so many amazing people and because I learned so much. I learned about the importance of Trust in a SaaS company (and was drilled in the mantra, “nothing is more important than the Trust of our customers.”) And I learned about shoshin, […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Accountability, adoption, budgeting, CPM, design, empowerment, EPM, FCPM, Forecasting, innovation, Orion, ownership, PBF, planning, Product Strategy, Project Orion, SCPM, Shoshin, strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 5, 2018
Amazon AR View Targets Android Amazon has added its AR View augmented reality (AR) offering to Android devices on Google’s ARCore. Developers can create AR experiences in applications, games, and other apps. The feature runs from Amazon’s app icon. The offering was launched on Apple iOS in November for customers using ARKit. Amazon AR […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 27, 2018
All Eyes On Mobile World Congress and 5G The annual Mobile World Congress #MWC18 kicked off Monday in Barcelona with the 5G standard front and center in all discussions. With the main 5G architectural standards agreed upon by 3GPP in December 2017, the industry gains a service based architecture, common core network, network slicing, […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #MWC18, 2018, 5G, AI, android, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Autonomous database, Big Ideas, blockchain, blockchain technology, board room, Boardroom Priorities, C-Suite, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud Platform, CMO, Constellation Research, COO, CTO, digital, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, Dynamic leadership, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, google, Google Assistant, Google Home, Huawei, intel, Leadership, machine learning, Mobile World Congress, Monday's Musings, NEC, neural networks, oracle, Qualcomm, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, samsung, Samsung Galaxy S9, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, strategy, vendor strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on February 12, 2018
State of Arizona Senate Passes Bill To Accept Tax Payments With Blockchain Technologies On February 8th, 2018, the Arizona Senate passed a bill allowing payment of taxes by cryptocurrencies. With a Senate Finance Committee vote of 4-3 on January 24th, and a 16-13 vote in favor by the senate on February 8th, Arizona Senate […]
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By Ross Mayfield on February 2, 2018
Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash The single greatest competitive advantage a startup has is it’s focus. It’s what you must do. It’s how you can survive and advance. It’s where you find differentiation. It’s why you can slay big dragons. Here’s some key considerations for finding your Startup Focus and putting it to work. The […]
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