Things are never as clear as they seem.  Never as obvious.  Never as straightforward as you would like. It should be simple.  You get an idea.  You make a product.  You take it to the market.  Let your customers decide for good or for ill. But that simplicity masks the fundamental conflict.  A conflict over … Continue reading Tech, Money, Betrayal & Bad Driving →

Sometimes talk doesn’t work. You’ve argued your case again and again. They hear your points, concede your argument but don’t accept your conclusion. What do you do? And when do you do it? And perhaps most importantly, what do you tell yourself about the risk involved? A key moment in the development of SidePocket. Cast: … Continue reading To Make A Point →

Sometimes talk doesn’t work. You’ve argued your case again and again. They hear your points, concede your argument but don’t accept your conclusion. What do you do? And when do you do it? And perhaps most importantly, what do you tell yourself about the risk involved? A key moment in the development of SidePocket. Cast: … Continue reading To Make A Point →

What’s success?  A million a month? A million a month in revenue for a young software firm? (Remember, this story comes from the 1990s, Podcastland.) It’s not a bad start. But what do you do with success? Throw a party? Lease a new office building? Build your technical staff? Listen to your board and take … Continue reading Success & Temptation →

What’s success?  A million a month? A million a month in revenue for a young software firm? (Remember, this story comes from the 1990s, Podcastland.) It’s not a bad start. But what do you do with success? Throw a party? Lease a new office building? Build your technical staff? Listen to your board and take … Continue reading Success & Temptation →

Technology & Governance?  What’s the big deal?  It’s just politics.  Right? And why are we doing it with stories?  Why can’t we just give you the PowerPoints and be done with it? Because Tech Governance is a key part of our age.  Without it, you don’t get the new products, the new services, the new … Continue reading Stories about Tech Governance →

Technology & Governance?  What’s the big deal?  It’s just politics.  Right? And why are we doing it with stories?  Why can’t we just give you the PowerPoints and be done with it? Because Tech Governance is a key part of our age.  Without it, you don’t get the new products, the new services, the new … Continue reading Stories about Tech Governance →

Finding investments.  Never as easy as you think.   It’s not the technology.  It’s the business.  And the two are often far from the same thing.   And when you go from technology to business, you often find decisions that are hard to make.    Our Podcast CTO, Vinny, is building his first successful startup.  In the … Continue reading Getting Funds, Losing Friends →

Finding investments.  Never as easy as you think.   It’s not the technology.  It’s the business.  And the two are often far from the same thing.   And when you go from technology to business, you often find decisions that are hard to make.    Our Podcast CTO, Vinny, is building his first successful startup.  In the … Continue reading Getting Funds, Losing Friends →

How do you make decisions about tech companies – especially tech startups?  It’s not as easy, or as straightforward or as rational as we might like to think.  Over the next 7 episodes, we will look at our long term CTO, Vinny, make decisions about his original startup.   Vinny is making these decisions under duress, … Continue reading Leaving Detroit →