SaaStr 2019 Presentation Preview: Five Questions SaaS CEO Wrestle With
I’m super excited for the upcoming SaaStr Annual 2019 conference in San Jose from February 5th through the 7th at the San Jose Convention Center. I hope to see you there — particularly for my session from 10:00 to 10:30 on Tuesday, February 5th. Last year they ended up repeating my session but that won’t be […]
A Simple Trick To Get Your CEO Closer to Your Team
Startup VPs sometimes lament that their CEOs don’t really know the people on their teams, don’t realize how smart and talented they are, or fully appreciate the value of their teams’ work. How, they wonder, can they build a better bridge between their boss and their teams? The answer is simple: invite the CEO to […]
Yammer Acquires oneDrum
Yesterday Yammer announced its acquisition of real time sync and desktop collaboration vendor oneDrum. This is Yammer’s first acquisition and one that significantly increases Yammer’s depth in facilitating social collaboration. Yammer provides a popular employee social network platform that is…
Prezi Adds Real Time Collaboration
Earlier this week Prezi announced a new version of their presentation software that adds team collaboration features. I’ve used Prezi for most of my presentations for about 9 months and it has become my favorite presentation tool. I’ve also used Prezi’s embedded here on my blog. To use Prezi effectively you have to understand a […]
BP oil spill: Leadership and IT failure
Reports suggest that several IT failures may have contributed to the BP oil spill. More importantly, the spill represents a deep state of failed leadership inside BP.
Curse of the IT prima donna
Prima donnas — folks whose apparent skill is matched only by their poor attitude and arrogance — are a plague we tolerate only out of necessity.
